> They’re saying (regardless of whether they’re correct) that the actual conception of the new work doesn’t seem like it required significant creative effort.

> They’re saying (regardless of whether they’re correct) that the actual conception of the new work doesn’t seem like it required significant creative effort. It's amusing how well this correlates with having little experience or background (this doesn't apply only to art). Not perfectly, but extremely highly correlated. It's also often the case that people make these sorts of comments not after seeing the art itself, but after seeing a decription or low fidelity reproduction of it.