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Émile Zola photo

„A művész semmi az ajándék nélkül, de az ajándék semmi a munka nélkül.”

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Émile Zola (1840–1902) francia naturalista regényíró, műkritikus

Émile Zola photo

„Ha az emberek csak egy kicsit is szeretnék egymást, olyan boldogok lehetnének.”

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Émile Zola (1840–1902) francia naturalista regényíró, műkritikus

Émile Zola photo

„A képtelenség, az emberi képtelenség az egyetlen határa a művészetnek.”

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Émile Zola (1840–1902) francia naturalista regényíró, műkritikus

Émile Zola photo

„Ha azt kérdezed tőlem, mit csináltam ezen a világon, én, művész, válaszolok neked: azért vagyok itt, hogy hangosan éljek!”

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Émile Zola (1840–1902) francia naturalista regényíró, műkritikus

Frits Zernike photo

“I am impressed by the great limitations of the human mind. How quick are we to learn, that is, to imitate what others have done or thought before. And how slow to understand, that is, to see the deeper connections. Slowest of all, however, are we in inventing new connections or even in applying old ideas in a new field.”

Frits Zernike (1888–1966) Dutch physicist

His Nobel lecture, "How I Discovered Phase Contrast" (11December 1953) http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1953/zernike-lecture.html

Emil Zátopek photo

“It is not gymnastics or ice skating, you know.”

Emil Zátopek (1922–2000) Czech Olympic long-distance runner

Attributed by Tom Knight, &quot;Zatopek: &#x27;human locomotive&#x27; who made Olympic history&quot;, Telegraph, 23 November 2000 (Telegraph Media Group) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/2993266/Athletics-Zatopek-human-locomotive-who-made-Olympic-history.html <br class="br">regarding his lack of finesse

Emil Zátopek photo

“I was not talented enough to run and smile at the same time.”

Emil Zátopek (1922–2000) Czech Olympic long-distance runner

Attributed by Mike Rowbottom, &quot;Olympic legend Zatopek dies aged 78&quot;, The Independent, 23 November 2000 (Independent Print Limited) http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/olympic-legend-zatopek-dies-aged-78-624343.html

Emil Zátopek photo

“It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.”

Emil Zátopek (1922–2000) Czech Olympic long-distance runner

Attributed in &quot;Citius, Altius, Fortius&quot; (&quot;Swifter, Higher, Stronger&quot;), an unsigned article from Khaleej Times, 8 August 2008 (Galadari Printing and Publishing Co.) http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/weekend/2008/August/weekend_August25.xml&amp;section=weekend&amp;col=

Emil Zátopek photo

“Are you running out of breath? Go faster!”

Emil Zátopek (1922–2000) Czech Olympic long-distance runner

Life credo

Emil Zátopek photo

“Essentially, we distinguish ourselves from the rest. If you want to win something, run the 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon.”

Emil Zátopek (1922–2000) Czech Olympic long-distance runner

Attributed in &quot;Making a run at the Olympic dream&quot;, an unsigned article from The StarPhoenix, 9 May 2007, at canada.com (CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc.) http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/sports/story.html?id=b111ee9e-182a-4cff-831a-f784cc7bb37e

Frank Zappa photo

“Music is the only religion that delivers the goods. All music is good. It fulfills a social function. It's like wallpaper to your lifestyle. It defines what you are.”

Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer

New York Daily News interview (1979)

Frank Zappa photo

“I love the guitar, always have. I can relate to it a lot better than a saxophone.”

Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer

New York Daily News interview (1979)

Frank Zappa photo

“I can’t talk to you about music because you don’t know anything about music. I can talk to you about politics or sociology and all that peripheral stuff, but I can’t talk to you about music. There’s not enough information in common that I could say to you so you’d be able to understand. Besides, the people who read OUI don’t give a fuck about music anyway.”

Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer

Oui interview (1979)

Frank Zappa photo

“The cool-person syndrome is peculiarly American. Part of that has to do with the way the educational business is run in the U. S. It’s not based on how much you can teach your child: it’s based on how much money the suppliers of basic materials can make off your child. Somewhere along the line most people pick up the desire to be a cool person, which is just another way to make them buy things. Once you’ve decided that you need to be a cool person, it makes you a possible victim of anyone whose products are the equivalent of bottled smoke. Somebody tells you to buy this particularly useless item and you’ll be a cool person. No matter how stupid it seems, you have to buy it. Pet Rocks. Pringle’s potato chips. whatever it is — the newest, the latest. Since the cool-person thing is something you learn in school, and since the school business is pretty suspicious and definitely tied up with the government, it makes you wonder whether or not the desire to be cool is part of a government plot to make you buy stupid things.”

Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer

Oui interview (1979)

Frank Zappa photo

“Most people don’t think I’m rational. They’re too busy featuring their hurt. They find it irrational not to feature your hurt. That’s how fucked up they are.”

Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer

Oui interview (1979)

Frank Zappa photo

“The U. S. is a mere pup tent of a civilization. We’ve got two hundred years of stupidity behind us and we think we’re right up there with everyone else who’s been doing it for thousands of years.”

Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer

Oui interview (1979)

Frank Zappa photo

“I'm a conservative, and you might not like that, but I am, and the fact of the matter is, this bill that they're talking about in Maryland is stupid.”

Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer

Crossfire debate on censorship (1986)

Frank Zappa photo

“Hey, you know something people?
I'm not black,
But there's a whole lots a times
I wish I could say I'm not white.”

Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer

"Trouble Every Day".
Freak Out! (1966)
Variant: Hey, you know something people? I'm not black, but there's a whole lots a times I wish I could say I'm not white.

Frank Zappa photo

“Look here brother, who you jivin' with that cosmik debris?”

Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer

"Cosmik Debris"
Apostrophe (') (1974)