——从浙江观潮返上海后题词,1916年9月15日
I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.
我希望你们也找到自己的路,找到自己的步伐、步调,任何方向,任何东西都行,不管是自负也好,愚蠢也好,什么都行。
The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses Eden, writes to be read and comes to realize that he is answerable to no one.