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Re:Is an Engineer an Artist? by panglott on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @11:53AM (#12788959)
Indeed. The purpose of craft is to create beautiful, functional things for people to use. The purpose of art is to create elite consumer goods through which the socially privileged can both advertise and justify their elite status.
Re:Is an Engineer an Artist? by return0 on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @01:33PM (#12789858)
And let's not forget the cultivation of colossal egos.