Self Portrait and Muse, 1911
“Only yesterday I was no different than them, yet I was
saved. I am explaining to you the way of life of a people who say every sort of
wicked thing about me because I sacrificed their friendship to gain my own
soul. I left the dark paths of their duplicity and turned my eyes toward the
light where there is salvation, truth, and justice. They have exiled me now
from their society, yet I am content. Mankind only exiles the one whose large
spirit rebels against injustice and tyranny. He who does not prefer exile to
servility is not free in the true and necessary sense of freedom.”
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