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I wasn't fifteen years old when I first said to myself, "What are you up to, Rameau? You're dreaming. And what are you dreaming about? That you'd like to have done or do something which excites the admiration of the universe. Well, then, you just have to blow on your fingers and wiggle them. Just get started, and you'll be there." I WASN'T FIFTEEN YEARS OLD WHEN I FIRST SAID TO MYSELF WHAT ARE YOU UP TO RAMEAU YOU'RE DREAMING AND WHAT ARE YOU DREAMING ABOUT THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE DONE OR TO DO SOMETHING WHICH EXCITES THE ADMIRATION OF THE UNIVERSE WELL THEN YOU JUST HAVE TO BLOW ON YOUR FINGERS AND WIGGLE THEM JUST GET STARTED AND YOU'LL BE THERE
rself up in your attic, drink water, eat dry bread, and find your real self. HIM: Perhaps. But I don't have the courage for that. And then to sacrifice one's happiness for an uncertain success. And what about the name I carry? Rameau! To be called Rameau--that's embarrassing. Talent is not like nobility which can be passed on and whose lustre increases as it goes from grandfather to father, from father to son, from son to grandson, without the grandparent requiring his descendant to have any merit. The old stock branches out into an enormous line of fools, but who cares? It's not like that with talent. In order to acquire nothing more than the reputation of one's father, it's necessary to be more skilled than he is. You have to have inherited his fibre. I lack the fibre. But my wrist is flexible, the bow moves, and the pot boils. If it's not glory, well, it's food. ME: In your place, I wouldn't assume it's all said and done with. I'd make an attempt. HIM: And you think I haven't tried. ULD BE MORE WORTH WHILE TO SHUT YOURSELF UP IN YOUR ATTIC DRINK WATER EAT DRY BREAD AND FIND YOUR REAL SELF HIM PERHAPS BUT I DON'T HAVE THE COURAGE FOR THAT AND THEN TO SACRIFICE ONE'S HAPPINESS FOR AN UNCERTAIN SUCCESS AND WHAT ABOUT THE NAME I CARRY RAMEAU TO BE CALLED RAMEAU THAT'S EMBARRASSING TALENT IS NOT LIKE NOBILITY WHICH CAN BE PASSED ON AND WHOSE LUSTRE INCREASES AS IT GOES FROM GRANDFATHER TO FATHER FROM FATHER TO SON FROM SON TO GRANDSON WITHOUT THE GRANDPARENTS REQUIRING HIS DESCENDANT TO HAVE ANY MERIT THE OLD STOCK BRANCHES OUT INTO AN ENORMOUS LINE OF FOOLS BUT WHO CARES IT'S NOT LIKE THAT WITH TALENT IN ORDER TO ACQUIRE NOTHING MORE THAN THE REPUTATION OF ONE'S FATHER IT'S NECESSARY TO BE MORE SKILLED THAN HE IS YOU HAVE TO HAVE INHERITED HIS FIBRE I LACK THE FIBRE BUT MY WRIST IS FLEXIBLE THE BOW MOVES AND THE POT BOILS IF IT'S NOT GLORY WELL IT'S FOO ME IN YOUR PLACE I WOULDN'T ASSUME IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE WITH I'D MAKE AN ATTEMPT HIM AND YOU THINK I HAVEN'T TRIED
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