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These days a very melancholic mood has taken hold of me. There is…

Quote byArshile Gorky · 1904–1948

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: from 'Arshile Gorky, – Goats on the roof' (2009), p. 125: Gorky's quote, in a letter to his sister Vartush Mooradian, 28 February 1938.

English (original)

These days a very melancholic mood has taken hold of me. There is nothing else but my work. My dear ones, I have been well and I have been working and my way of working is changing. For this reason I always feel extremely anxious. I am not content and perhaps I will not (ever) be satisfied with my work, not even for one day. I want to attain works which are more personal and clean.

— Arshile Gorky

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