To begin, many art critics agree with the aforementioned claim that the task of defining art objectively is a largely futile task— and perhaps even impossible. One such supporter of this notion is former Oxford University professor, John Carey. In his book, What Good are the arts?, Carey asserts that an objective definition of art simply does not exist. He explains in a quote that anything could constitute as art. The quote reads, “A work of art is anything that anyone has ever considered a work of art, though it may be a work of art only for that one person” (Winterson). In addition, Carey also believes that, “If enough of the right people keep saying that a thing is a work of art it becomes one, but that doesn’t mean it is one, because there are no absolute values, no objectivity, only the mind observing itself and what it makes”
