I assure you if I would paint something, it wouldn't be very beautiful either. Does that show that paintings are not art? I didn't say painting aren't art. I s

I assure you if I would paint something, it wouldn't be very beautiful either. Does that show that paintings are not art? I didn't say painting aren't art. I say that beautiful things are not art. That being said, beautiful is a spectrum. So in my view, something could be art if it is slightly beautiful or done with some slight skills. However, the ultimate test is whether or not it would be mistaken as trash.