On the other hand, in code styles, languages, idioms, a lot depends on taste. One person might find Lisp code ugly, another one might love it. Some person might

On the other hand, in code styles, languages, idioms, a lot depends on taste. One person might find Lisp code ugly, another one might love it. Some person might find some library useful as a modular object oriented system, while someone else might find it a hellish heap of macaroni code. Artists might like to experiment with different styles, so might coders. Also, it's not like most artists try to sell people ugly things. That's also a very small niche. Most of them simply work for companies and design the things that they are told you. Just like coders. We could debate about this for ages, but it seems very clear that there is both art and engineering involved.