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Creativity, imagination, skill and art

Who of you have seen or heard a quote similar to this? "You need to use your imagination to make real art!" "If your artwork isn't creative enough, it's not true art." "Why would you bother to draw realism? Just take a photo instead 🙄" Chances are, you have. In fact, I'm sure the majority of artists have picked up these ideas sometime, somewhere - and chances are it has causes self doubt in at least a few. I was one of them too, a few years ago. ...Which is why it's time for a̶ r̶a̶n̶t̶ an article about creativity, imagination, skill and art - and why the ideas above are utter nonsense. The idea of artistic Greatness Said simply, the concept behind the comments above is that you need a magic kind of Creativity or Imagination to make good Art. It's connected to the idea that art is supposed to have a Deeper Meaning, and that life-like art cannot cover this properly. This again often devolves into colors and shapes used to convey moods, etc., and Picasso's artworks are often used as