If you don't know the basics, your creativity won't manifest itself, but if you've got a solid training in the basics, you'll be able to be creative on the spur of the moment as easily as riding a bike.
如果沒有那些 basics（基礎），談創意就會變得不切實際。可是當你有很紮實的訓練，反而可以在不特意著墨的情況下創作，就像自然而然跨上腳踏車就騎了起來。