Who said "The imagination is the sole weapon against reality."?

This quote is attributed to Émile Zola.

The imagination is the sole weapon against reality. - Émile Zola

"The imagination is the sole weapon against reality."

Émile Zola Imagination

Novelist French 1840–1902

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