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James Jackson Jarves
"Art is universal. It unites mankind in common brotherhood. Â As a missionary of civilization, its message is both to heart and mind. Â Distinctions of tongue or boundary lines disappear before the power of truths, which, like the rainbow, charm by the beauty of variegated hues, or, combined with light, illuminate the universe. Â Moreover, art is the connecting link in the chain of great minds. Â Through its language, thought appeals to thought, and sympathy echoes feeling." --
Source : James Jackson Jarves (1855). “Art-hints: Architecture, Sculpture and Painting”, p.10
James Jackson Jarves
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“In the midst of excitement, grief, joy, and solitude, I remind myself every moment that the sole mission of my life is to find 'the ultimate questioner' - that unimaginable who has put me in this madness to answer an unanswerable question.”
“You soothe my soul. You fill it with so tender a sentiment that it is sweet to live during the time that I see you.”
“As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings”
“I'll be the first to admit I wasn't very happy doing what I did [escorting] nor was I very talented at it, so perhaps that's what worked to make it boring for me. However it's hard for me to imagine that a lot of young women who would enjoy and be good at being an escort.”
“Contemporaries live from second hand to mouth.”
“Look for solutions, not problems.”
“The university is a vast public utility which turns out future workers in today's vineyard, the military-industrial complex. They've got to be processed in the most efficient way to see to it that they have the fewest dissenting opinions, that they have just those characteristics which are wholly incompatible with being an intellectual. This is a real internal psychological contradiction. People have to suppress the very questions which reading books raises.”
Source : "The University Has Become a Factory". Interview with Jack Fincher, Life magazine, February 26, 1965.
“Good food and a warm kitchen are what makes a house a home. I always tried to make my home like my mother's, because Mom was magnificent at stretching a buck when it came to decorating and food. Like a true Italian, she valued beautification in every area of her life, and I try to do the same.”
