Comment by schleck8

To many professional mathematicians it's a form of art. But at the end of the day, it's a profession done for money, and even if they like doing it as a day to day job, they'd probably be doing something else if they had absolute freedom over their time. This is how I personally classify things as art or chore. If people continue doing something the same way when there is no financial motive, it's art in its pure form.