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.
You can't get it right, until you make it wrong.
Gray is the queen of colors, because she makes everyone else look good.
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.
The first thing you see is the last thing you do.
I switched to painting with my left hand to be in better company.