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I would also like to point out most photographers wish they were visual artists, but couldn't bother putting the effort to become one.
"Composition" is one of the few draftsmanship skills applicable to the field of machine-made imagery, and thus a bitter photographer has got to make it count if he sees the opportunity.
When photography was invented, everyone was delighted with its capacity to instantly capture details that would take days for a skilled painter to reproduce.
Because of that, artists made the whole Modern Art movement and yadda yadda. And they patted themselves on the back so much, it created a community that actually lives from doing easier stuff. "Let the machines do what machines do best, may mankind focus on what really matters, which is vision!"
But remember - a photographer wants to be the artist, not a simply button pusher. So he starts to foster thoughts of being a free, artistic spirit. "I am not dependent on my gear, all the art comes from my inner eye!".
Thus they start to think their vision is good enough, no matter the grain. And just how abstract artists will call good painters "uncreative copying machines", bitter photographers will call quality-seeking photographers "pixel peepers".
