Decide for yourself what kind of works you want to create... facts, essays, poems - do you want to speak or to sing?
I love to read theories without ever using them when working... The paradoxical fact in the aesthetic is that theories are also true in reverse.
The most important lens you have is your legs
Beware of too much taste as it leads to sterility.
I prefer to be noticed some day, first for my ideas and second for my good eye.
Beware of direct inspiration. It leads too quickly to repetitions of what inspired you.