You have to pick the right tool for the point you're trying to make and there is no one solution.

The problem suggests the solution.

You have to learn not only from your failures. You must also learn from your successes.

The whole world is there for you. Gifts will happen, but only if you are patient with life itself, the shooting process, and your own limitations.

Forget what it was. Look at what it is.

I try not to tell students where to shoot, when to shoot, or what to shoot. I feel finding the picture is the most important part of being a photographer. The actual shooting is of lesser importance.

All these factors are only valuable if you're curious. But in any case, the more knowledge you have, the more things are open and available to you.