Greetings,
I’m kicking in a little late to this debate but I like to squeeze my brain to this topic too.
So, in my opinion art has a very wide range of sub genres and these genres have all their own definition of what art is. In terms of this I think all of you are right with their opinions since (nearly) all of you look at this question from a different point of view.
For example the statement: “if something is beautiful, and required creativity to produce, then it is art” is completely right for a branch of art but for a different branch this statement isn’t the only criterion that decides if it’s art or not.
Off-topic
@williamatics you said you have synesthesia, would you be so nice and listen to the song “Deutschland” from Rammstein and give me a review about that song?
Cheers,
tobles