In the article by Paul Rand, he discusses how artist’s cannot just rely on their natural talent and instead he believes there needs to be rules and guidelines in order for the artist to reach there full potential. ” Without the basic rules or disciplines, however, there is no motivation, test of skill, or ultimate reward- in short, no game” (156). I agree with Rand’s thoughts because its true, if your gifted with an artistic talent and never improve your skills, how can you become a better artist? This article connects to me because as an artist with not that much skill, I enjoy getting assignments that have rules to them because it makes me really have to work to figure out what my final piece will look like. I do enjoy branching out and thinking outside the box, but as Rand said before how you cannot reach your goals without knowing the basic rules, its basically like cheating the system and as an artist I am dedicated to learn from the beginning.