>>4465913
Extremely based
This is the best advice plus pic related

Art stems from art. It is total fucking bullshit that you can be a great photographer without getting inspired from other great photographers. You gotta mix and merge your influences and see where it leads to develop your own unique style. Experience on its own doesn't leads you anywhere, it is modern mental illness that if you become sincere your art will somehow become great over night. You can only develop your art by standing on the shoulders of giants. Study and practice both go hand in hand.

Final word on gear is that camera is nothing more than an empty box. Right tools for the right job is the motto. All depends what you want to achieve and then select your tools according. Always work with the best tools available but you gotta know what you want. If you can't afford best tools then you gotta work with what's available. Limitations(even in art) are great, they teach us a lot of great things.