>The point, which you seem to refuse to acknowledge, is that there is
>a difference between the artist and his/her art.
This is a rhetorical trick you use a lot. I'm disagreeing with you, not refusing to acknowledge something. I disagree, among other things, that this is the point of this discussion.
>Nor do I like Andy Warhol's art, but I would not argue that he does
>not know how to paint.
You said he relies on razzle dazzle, which amounts to the same thing. And it's not true.