Charles Rennie Mackintosh Quotes

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Art is the Flower - Life is the Green Leaf. Let every artist strive to make his flower a beautiful living thing, something that will convince the world that there may be, there are, things more precious more beautiful - more lasting than life itself... you must offer real, living - beautifully coloured flowers - flowers that grow from, but above, the green leaf – flowers that are not dead – are not dying – not artificial – real flowers springing from your own soul – not even cut flowers - You must offer the flowers of the art that is in you – the symbols of all that is noble – and beautiful – and inspiring - flowers that will often change a colourless leaf - into an established and thoughtful thing.

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

There is hope in honest error; none in the icy perfections of the mere stylist

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

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Born: June 7, 1868

Died: December 10, 1928 (aged 60)

Bio: Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a Scottish architect, designer, water colourist and artist. He was a designer in the Post-Impressionist movement and also the main representative of Art Nouveau in the United Kingdom.

Known for:

Glasgow School of Art
House for an Art Lover
Willow Tearooms
The Lighthouse, Glasgow
Scotland Street School Museum

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