1) A creative expression of thoughts, feelings and messages that the artist wants to convey.
2) Usually involves a certain amount of skill.
3) Usually provokes thought in audience.
4) Commonly refers to visual arts, such as paintings, sculptures, etc.
5) Most importantly, interpretation and judgment of art tends to be controversial.

Trivia:
Taro Okamoto, an artist, was quoted as saying: "Art is a bang!" This is also a quote from Deidara of the manga/anime Naruto, a fictional character © Masashi Kishimoto.
Dance is a form of art.
by jean177 September 11, 2007
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The most successful of all money making scams.
Any "good artist" is a valid example.
by lawlerskaters, no name March 5, 2006
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Art comes from within and so expects a "within" answer from the viewer whatever the form of it is.
I saw a paiting and i cried because it made me feel like I wasn't doing the right thing. that's art.
by Jose Luis October 9, 2005
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A picture of time.
Definition taken from "Art on the Playground" by Tommy LM
Kid one: "Art is an expression."
Kid two: "I don't actually believe that. I believe that art is a picture of time"
by Kayke and Kandy July 30, 2009
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The single most useless word in the English language. Anything (or nothing) can be art, when viewed from the proper perspective.
"That isn't art!"
"Why not?"
by hayaji January 24, 2007
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a guy with 1 arm and 1 leg hanging on the wall
by MrHaT July 2, 2003
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Art is not something for the viewer.
Art is about the viewer,
for art is the experience that
arouses within.
I love her art because it messes with my emotions.
or:
I hate that because it messes with my emotions.

I connect with what he is trying to say in his art.
by Jenn December 2, 2003
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