Full Idea
Maybe, rather than defining art, it would be more fruitful, and more realistic, to seek a general method of identifying works of art.
Gist of Idea
A criterion of identity for works of art would be easier than a definition
Source
Richard Wollheim (Art and Its Objects [1968], 60)
Book Reference
Wollheim,Richard: 'Art and Its Objects' [Penguin 1975], p.159
A Reaction
The whole enterprise is ruined by Marcel Duchamp! I'm more interested in identifying or defining good art.