As someone who has a MA of fine arts and teaches programming to (among other arts) painters I think this criticism is spot on. If I'd mention Graham's point to

As someone who has a MA of fine arts and teaches programming to (among other arts) painters I think this criticism is spot on. If I'd mention Graham's point to our esteemed art history profs they would probably laugh at the man. Especially given how much the approaches and mindsets of actual painters differ. The only thing I'd say is: "Some painters share similar traits with some hackers". But this could be A) literally said about every two subsets of humanity and B) not all of those traits are positive.