aristocratic function of art

For art historians , art practice meant learning about art, while artists of course needed to make art. Lurking just below the surface, however, was the imponderable problem that remains in the minds of many: "artists are found, not made" : Graeme sullivan: art practice as research: inquiry in visual arts

I wonder at the beginning of 21st century where egalitarian access to artwork is made possible by internet technology, we are still discussing aristocratic functioning of art: artist as leader or the importance of hierarchy of imagination (age old idiom leaders are born, can not be created) as context for theoretical enquiry and academic priority!