Smut detected in it by moral men is theirs rather than mine. Scientific truth was my touchstone for every scene, even the most febrile.
(Thérèse Raquin - Preface to 2nd Edition, 1868)
Emile Zola
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There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman. Don't go looking at me like that because you'll wear your eyes out. Truth is on the march; nothing can stop it now.
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