Art in the physically tangible sense. Code is much more interactive. It is not only viewed, it is executed. It causes real-world things to happen. No one looked at the Mona Lisa and had $5 move between accounts. No one looked at a Picaso and had a car roll out of a factory.
Art is worthless in the sense that it accomplishes nothing commercially. Sure, it might be sold throught he ages, but it contributes nothing to the GNP. Code on the other hand IS the GNP. Remove all software derived business and our GNP would be comparable to Albania.
It is for this every reason that coders will not be artists. Code needs to have some assurance to it, lives and fortunes are on the line. People are always willing to pay for that assurance. I call it insurance.
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Code is not Art
Posted by: Scorp1us on December 02, 2003 10:33 PMArt is worthless in the sense that it accomplishes nothing commercially. Sure, it might be sold throught he ages, but it contributes nothing to the GNP. Code on the other hand IS the GNP. Remove all software derived business and our GNP would be comparable to Albania.
It is for this every reason that coders will not be artists. Code needs to have some assurance to it, lives and fortunes are on the line. People are always willing to pay for that assurance. I call it insurance.
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