Heck, it's true of ALL mediums...Imagine Cecil B. DeMille with modern CGI effects... Michaelangelo with modern sculptor's mediums and architectural theory... DaVinci with modern schooling...
It boggles the mind. Would they still have excelled? Or is part of their genius created by the restrictions of the mediums presented?
Sounds like a topic to be debated over many pints. Make mine a stout while you're at the bar, would you?
M