Charles Rennie Mackintosh

thumb|Charles Rennie Mackintosh (circa 1900) Charles Rennie Mackintosh (7 June 1868 – 10 December 1928) was a Scottish architect, designer and watercolourist. He was a designer in the Arts and Crafts movement and also the main exponent of Art Nouveau in the United Kingdom. He had a considerable influence on European design. Quotes 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. Lecture, "Seemliness" (Glasgow, 1902), as cited in: David Brett, C. R. Mackintosh: The Poetics of Workmanship, (2004), p. 56 Quotes about Charles Rennie Mackintosh (J. D. Sedding's) aphorism 'There is hope in honest error, none in the icy perfection of the mere stylist' became a personal motto for Mackintosh. Charles Rennie Mackintosh, ‎Pamela Robertson (1990). Charles Rennie Mackintosh: the architectural papers. p. 20 The quote is sometimes misattributed to Mackintosh himself. External links Category:Architects from Scotland Category:Painters from Scotland Category:Illustrators Category:Artists from Scotland Category:Designers Category:People from Glasgow Category:1868 births Category:1928 deaths