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.
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.
If it's all wrong, it's all right.
It is in the contrast of light and dark that design happens.
I don't look where I'm going, I look where I've been.
The first thing you see is the last thing you do.