If you spilled paint on a canvas and accidentally produced a fresco by Raphael, it would be considered one of the wonders of the world. It would sell for a high

If you spilled paint on a canvas and accidentally produced a fresco by Raphael, it would be considered one of the wonders of the world. It would sell for a higher price than any real artwork ever, and people come from all over the world to see it. The occurrence of this vanishingly unlikely event would be a major event in world history, which many would claim as proof of the existence of God, while others would come up with other even more bizarre hypotheses to explain it. Oh, and it would still be beautiful, although it would not be "art". (Though I'm sure many books would be written debating both sides of that very question...) As a more realistic example, many naturally-occurring things (trees, mountains, women) are beautiful but are most certainly not "art". So I'm not sure what the real debate here. As for furnace ducts: sure, you can say "look, a pile of ducts!" You can say that for anything. You can follow me around all day and point out random objects and say they're neat, and heck, I'll probably agree with you the first couple of times before getting annoyed. But it's like writing a book consisting of only one word -- it might get you a press release, but nobody's gonna buy it.