Luis Vallejo, writing about bonsai art:
During all the time it has been in a pot, and even before that,many other people have been involved; its story begins with the person who first chose it and conceived the idea and continues with everyone who has accompanied it on its journey. The best thing is that, as a work of art, it is never quite finished; it is a living being that we accompany for as long as it remains with us.
There is no other art form in which anything quite like this happens.
I think software engineering is a bit like this. Architecture, to a certain extent; I remember now How Building Learn by Stewart Russel.
Everything evolves, and the ability to create something that others can pick up is a wonderful honor.