Successis only a local anesthetic. Those artists should realize that they can only succeed Thereand not Here, which in it self is ridiculous and absurd. This in itself is a kind of Failure. What's more, they thought of coming back with laurel crowns, which is a kind of stale emotion, which shows that they are not free at heart and they are still slaves of Here.
The statement 'It is not ridiculous for an artist to be successful in his field and not be well in other fields' is the most likely to weaken this view.