“Selling beauty is something I can understand. Even selling false beaut...” — Emile Zola Quote

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

“The fear of life, the fear of burdens and of duties, of annoyances and of catastrophes! The fear of life, which makes us, through dread of its sufferings, refuse its joys. Ah! I tell you, this cowardliness enrages me; I cannot forgive it. We must live - live a complete life - live all our life.”

“In my view you cannot claim to have seen something until you have photographed it.”

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

“The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men.”

“One must be arrogant, indeed, to imagine that one can take everything in one's hand and know everything!”

“No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.”

“When I get to do whatever I want, I'm perfectly happy. I've found that the best scenario is that I just do what I do, and if somebody wants to be part of it, they should work as a conduit for what vision I have. They should help me complete the universe.”

“These days, it's perfectly normal to move between the theatre and television.”

“I worked on a show called 'West Wing' before. I didn't work with Aaron Sorkin, but he created the show and set the tenor of the show, which was you follow the words of the script perfectly because there's a dramaturgical thing behind it.”

“The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one can teach them anything!”

“I know my body perfectly well.”