this reads like one of those ninja quotes when you stop getting angry after losing, you’ve lost twice
there are a number of quotes with terrible advice like this and you shouldn't listen to it
drawing, like every other art form, is a technical skill at it's core, and an emotional one second, and there are fundamentals that you NEED to learn if you want to *actually* get better at drawing
you cannot express your thoughts and feelings effectively if you lack the technical skill to pull it off
telling people to just "do whatever" is like saying "music is just noise"
it isn't
you need to not only know the process, but understand why it exists, what it means
you need to learn the rules BEFORE you start to break them
you might think you know better than the thousands of years of great masters who came before you, but you don't
listen to them