Arshile Gorky Quote

I have to go away, but with regrets and with the firm intention to come back soon. I consider most sound I am an individual Gorky – and it is my individual feeling which counts for the most. Why? I do not know nor do I wish to know. I accept it as a fact, which does not need explanation.

p. 170: quote in a letter to his future wife Agnes Magruder (Mougouch), 31 Mai 1941 - from 'Arshile Gorky, – Goats on the roof' (2009)