I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it call itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use—silence, exile and cunning.

我不愿侍奉自己已不再相信的东西，无论它自称家庭、祖国还是教会；我会尝试以某种生活或艺术的方式，尽可能自由、完整地表达自己，只用我准许自己使用的武器来防卫——沉默、流亡与机智。