Yes it is so . All artists need to know is to stay away from other people's property and start being creative and make your own crap, like Picasso did. Quit imitating, copying, using, borrowing, etc and start being yourself!
Artists who are educated know to seek paths of creativity within themselves. Although Picasso himself stated loudly that he visited galleries and shows by other artists for the purpose of "finding something I could steal".
Photographers need to do work more like Leah does and create the scenes out of their heads.
