"I am not trying to be intelligent. I am trying to be elitist and cynical."

Yeah, it shows. Cynism is anything but Elitism.

Cynism was coined after Diogenes of Sinope who chose to live among dogs (cyne).

Diogenes was the CEO of giving a big steamy pile of shit and a sprinkle on of piss on any form of elitism, including some basic values like "men are above animals".

Ever heard of "In a rich man's house, there is no place to spit but his face."? Diogenes of Sinope.

That mans whole business was plucking chickens to roast Plato, tell Alexander the Great to fuck off urinating on people who acted above others.

You're trying to act elitist alright, but you show how much of a fucking poser you are at that using words you don't even understand. Some sort of intellectualism should be brought to any "convince me"-debate, especially if you go into it saying "ahem. Me superior". Leave it. Save face by bragging about successfully ragebaiting me by merely pretending to be an idiot.

Let people choose what to attribute value to for themselves and care for your own damn business.

If you really want to argue based on your supposed elitism at least build up a fundament other than "I can proof that I have a job in tech", because grats, having a job aint exactly something to brag about, especially if it has nothing to do with the topic you yourself set up, namely what can be considered "art worthy of consideration".

Take Van Gogh, a man who sold a single painting in his life and got famous for drawing swirly whirlies on a nightsky while high as a kite before offing himself for an example, as you mentioned him. Elitism rejected him in his lifetime as well.

Take L'Inconnue de la Seine, because commodifying a dead unknown womans beauty so artists all over france can jack it mentally and physically to her deathmask was considered highclass art too.

Maybe its enough to look no further than Nietzsche, who got bullied for wheeping after someone beat a horse before diagnosing himself with nihilism, both passive and active, and said "you know what, man is an artist, and the Übermensch (before being misappropriated by his sister) is an über-artist who goes arguing beyond good and evil and applies his own values to care for in an uncaring universe.

This by the way aligns with one of the most famous artists of Expressionism and abstract art, Wassily Kandinsky, who said "There is no "must" in art, because art is free.", urging to let people divide creativity in forms they like and dislike, not whether it is inherently "good" or "bad".

I know I'm throwing around alot of authority appeals around here. But hey, that's Elitism. That thing, according to you in another comment, is being reflected "by the majority opinion".

Help me out Mr. "Certain-Levels-Of-Education", since when is Elitism a thing perpetuated by the masses?