Top 25 Quotes by Emile Zola

About Emile Zola

These are some quotes by French author Emile Zola Novelist, who lived between April 2, 1840 and September 29, 1902.

In Paris, everything's for sale: wise virgins, foolish virgins, truth and lies, tears and smiles.

In Paris, everything's for sale: wise virgins, foolish virgins, truth and lies, tears and smiles.

Emile Zola

The truth is on the march and nothing will stop it.

The truth is on the march and nothing will stop it.

Emile Zola

I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I don't care for the great centuries. All I care about is life, struggle, intensity.

I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I don't care for the great centuries. All I care about is life, struggle, intensity.

Emile Zola

Up to this day, there has been no proof of the existence of any intelligence other than the human.

Up to this day, there has been no proof of the existence of any intelligence other than the human.

Emile Zola

I believe that the future of humanity is in the progress of reason through science. I believe that the pursuit of truth, through science, is the divine ideal which man should propose to himself.

I believe that the future of humanity is in the progress of reason through science. I believe that the pursuit of truth, through science, is the divine ideal which man should propose to himself.

Emile Zola

I believe that all is illusion and vanity outside the treasure of truths slowly accumulated, and which will never again be lost. I believe that the sum of these truths, always increasing, will at last confer on man incalculable power and peace, if not happiness. Yes, I believe in the final triumph of life.

Emile Zola

Selling beauty is something I can understand. Even selling false beauty seems perfectly natural; it's a sign of progress.

Selling beauty is something I can understand. Even selling false beauty seems perfectly natural; it's a sign of progress.

Emile Zola

Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco.

Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco.

Emile Zola

If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.

If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.

Emile Zola

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

Emile Zola

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