You need give yourself no uneasiness about your success.

It is easy.

Get in with the right people; use your family name and your distinguished ancestors; pull a few judicious advertising wires; do a few artistic stunts; get yourself into the papers long and often, no matter how; make yourself a fad; become a pet of the social autocrats--and your fame is assured.

And--you will be what I am." The young man, quietly ignoring the humor of the novelist's words, said protestingly, "But, surely, to portray human nature is legitimate art, Mr.
Lagrange.

Your great artists that the West is to produce will not necessarily be landscape painters or write essays upon nature, will they ?" "To portray human nature is legitimate work for an artist, yes"-- agreed the novelist--"but he must portray human nature _plus_.