The term ‘artist’ can be defined only by an individual person. Just as people have individual thoughts and opinions on what they think a good piece of artwork is, people have different opinions on what an artist is, how to define and how to recognise one. Generally people define an artist as either any individual that creates original and meaningful work, or as any individual that creates original and meaningful work which is widely recognised …showed first 75 words of 684 total…

…showed last 75 words of 684 total…forever. Just as the art world in constantly changing, so is the definition of an artist. Daily, people have differing opinions of what an artist is, and society will have a forever changing view of what an artist is. It all comes down to personal opinion and value. It comes down to what work we value and like, whom we think worthy of the title artist and how commonly we like to use this title.