Ėta kniga — portret dvukh khudozhnikov, bredushchikh po labirintam parizhskikh ulochek v poiskakh svoego puti k vershine masterstva. No bolʹshe ona o tom, kak zhelanie tvoritʹ pomogaet iunym khudozhnikam preodolevatʹ samye opustoshitelʹnye detskie travmy i sozidatʹ liuboĭ tsenoĭ. «Ty dolzhen izmenitʹsia» — ėto ne prosto tvorcheskiĭ prikaz, poluchennyĭ samim Rilʹke, no i prikaz, kotoryĭ on otdaët vsem skovannym, ranimym molodym liudiam s zhadno goriashchimi glazami, liudiam, kotorye odnazhdy nadeiutsia robko zanesti ruku s instrumentom i brositʹsia v boĭ.