In this age of 'conceptual art', the process is just as important as the final result - in fact, often the process is MORE important. Having completed a deggree in Contemporary Theatre, where more weight was given in the grading to our presentations of our process than on our perfromances, I can verify this from a personal experience.

That said, to claim that something isn't art simply because you din't create every nub of it yourself is ridiculous. Again, many current artists are the creators of their work in concept only - the actual realisation of their portfolio is farmed out to others under their supervision. Or look at andy Warhol, who used other people's images or cultural icons as his base, and had people printing the work for him - his actual physical input into one of his 'works' was pretty minimal. Are people now saying that Warhol wasn't a 'real' artist?

I could say more, but frankly, these people bore me and aren't worth the time or effort.

jonthecelt