Charles Rennie Mackintosh quotes:

Art is the flower... life the green leaf.

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.

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

Life is the leaves which shape and nourish a plant, but art is the flower which embodies its meaning