everyone I've met who does the "i could have done that" in regards to art then proceeds to not do it. If it's so easy, then do it. Make art if you want, no one will stop you. Make it as weird or low effort as you want, if someone likes it, then you succeeded. Yeah it's a shame that some artists become obscenely wealthy while most people toil for basic necessities. But at the same time more people doing art would be a good thing. I get the bitterness though, like I make noise music and I doubt i'll ever get widespread recognition or even money compared to someone who loops distortion through a no-input mixer

most of the time when people are dismissive of abstract/conceptual art they're coming from a position that art is mostly a technical skill with one's hands, rather than a skill at presenting a perspective or communicating ideas. I wish art weren't graded in terms of money or fame