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Charles Rennie Mackintosh Quotes



Quotes by Charles Rennie Mackintosh - (5 quotes)

Charles Rennie Mackintosh - From the Art category:

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. (Charles Rennie Mackintosh)

Charles Rennie Mackintosh - From the Artists category:

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)

Charles Rennie Mackintosh - From the Individuality category:

You must be Independent, Independent, Independent - don't talk so much but do more - go your own way and let your neighbour go his... Shake off all the props - the props tradition and authority give you - and go alone - crawl - stumble - stagger - but go alone. (Charles Rennie Mackintosh)

Charles Rennie Mackintosh - From the Life category:

'Life' is the leaves which shape and nourish a plant, but 'art' is the flower which embodies its meaning. (Charles Rennie Mackintosh)

Charles Rennie Mackintosh - From the Perfection category:

There is hope in honest error; none in the icy perfections of the mere stylist. (Charles Rennie Mackintosh)