It's not what you paint. It's how you paint it. You don't have to paint elaborate things. Paint simple things as beautifully as you can.
It is in the contrast of light and dark that design happens.
Gray is the queen of colors, because she makes everyone else look good.
I don't look where I'm going, I look where I've been.
You can't get it right, until you make it wrong.
See it in terms of paint. We don't learn subject matter, we learn paint. The musician can play any score that is set before him.