whence comes the urge to create magnificent things? desire for money? immortality? for possession of the magnificent thing itself, or to give it to the world? whatever the reason most, I suppose, do not succeed--as in anything worth trying, you know. but those that do, I like to think did it for a variety of reasons. in particular I like to think that some succeed who did it for glory. maybe just because that's why I want to do it? let's not get too insightful here. but at least partly because otherwise it would get too predictable, see. people would start saying "oh he's doing it for fame, that never works" and then it would just stop. because I think we would all like a little fame, for a minute or so, complete with off switch. been there, done, that, we could sigh, with superior satisfaction. so don't say that it only works if you're completely humble, because those humble people can be so damned insufferable.