And what is art? "The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination,... to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power:" -

And what is art? "The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination,... to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power:" - New Oxford American Dictionary So then one could say that art is simply the human expression of beauty. So, if someone doesn't find any beauty if the work of Taylor Swift, perhaps she's not an artist to them. Not that absurd considering beauty is in the eye of the beholder.