I think that a quilt will "talk" to you. The more experience you have the more you understand to listen to what your quilt is telling you about how to quilt it. I'm a beginner and don't always think outside the box -- my inexperience limits me. But I am learning! Sometimes I have to look at a quilt for a long time before I know what I want to do with it. Sometimes I know what I want to do but chicken out because of my inexperience.