Learn rather than be. One does not replace the other. One is simply an additional method or supplement to the other. Sometimes you do things or think things without really knowing why. Risk failure .
All creative people take risks.
The best example of creative failure I can give you is Thomas Edison. He's also the best example of creative success. He thought, studied, tried, risked and failed thousands of times, and he succeeded big time. Thousands of brilliant inventions and ideas. Tens of thousands of failed ideas and inventions.