How much of art comes from the artist?

Just so I'm clear, i think the distinction between art and craft and not worth the effort. I don't see any cowtowing or making anyone feel good if i say something is art. art to me is not intrinsically good. A poem is art. The craft of poetry creates the art of poetry. Fine, bad poetry is still poetry, whether poorly crafted or not. And it is still creative and artistic even if it's horribly, embarrassingly dispicably so.

There is, to my way of thinking, no reason to pick that nit. However, if you feel better crushing the majority of artists who absolutely suck -- i'm find with that. Even if i'm included.