When I go to an art museum, I want to see the craziest shit they can throw at me. I like looking at the old paintings and seeing the layers of paint and admiring the talent that went into it, but throw something titled Red #2 or Untitled and shit is about to get real. I want to have to figure out if there is actually art there or not. I want to look at the goddamn wall and think it's art and have the curator tell me that it's just a wall. I want the curator to tell me a dick joke and then tell me it's part of an art exhibit. I want to eat pasta and look at paintings of absolutely nothing.
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