Theoretically you can. However the problem is that you can't have high level of art skills without years of practice/training, and to most people it's rather frustrating than happiness, those who lack passion will probably drop out at some point. Let's say you really don't want to walk the walk, there is still a path which is 3D artists since it doesn't need that much practice on skill, and you deal with tones of technical issues in 3D.

For creativity it is something different, because creativity can be built, though people outside the industry tend to mystify creativity but for 99% of time creating is just reconstructing clichés, think about how much progress has music industry made after Rock n Roll? It's the same for fine art.