What is art?

[Innsmouth]

I think people often mix design and art, while it's not one of the same. Everything is design according to some theories, but I don't think that everything is art.

 

[Rebel Dynasty]

Art is a pretty subjective thing, I figure. As long as time, devotion, emotion, and above all, effort, went into the creation of something, I would count it as some form of art, or other.

 

[Dante's Stalker]

Art is creativity and imagination. It's a mode of expression, ie, dancing, painting, music, writing. You shouldn't need to give backstory to evoke emotion. Words, sounds, pictures, movement, it all SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. That's art. You can interpret it any way you like, but interpretation is down to individual perspective. My friend thinks the Mona Lisa is bittersweet, I think it's mysterious. Maybe the artist meant for it to be sentimental, or romantic, or maybe he was more focussed on his technique than conveying a message.

Art is not the bedroom garbage someone mentioned before. That is not creative, that is not thinking outside the box. It lacks. A LOT. Nor is painting a dot on a big canvas art. Nope, nope, I'm sorry, that's not what art is.

 

[Lord Nero]

Art is the sensory representation of human culture. And human culture encompasses everything, because we live in a world that we see and define through a filter, colored in the light of our culture.

I know that sounded very vague, but basically, whatever you wish to be art, is art. That said, IMO, art does need to have some meaning. It needs to have some kind of emotion or concept behind it. If you just randomly throw some bricks on top of each other, and then acknowledge that there was no reason or thought behind it, I doubt you could call that art.