J. F. Archibald
Jules François Archibald (born John Feltham Archibald, 14 January 1856 – 10 September 1919) was an Australian journalist and publisher, best known for co-founding and editing The Bulletin, Australia's most popular magazine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was also the founder and namesake of the annual Archibald Prize, Australia's most prestigious art prize for portraiture.
Quotes
[edit]- With our first issue begins a new departure in journalism ... The public eye rejects as uninteresting more than half of what is printed in the publications of the day. It is only the other half which will be found in the Bulletin.
- From the first issue of The Bulletin (31 January 1880), as quoted in Sylvia Lawson, "Jules François Archibald", Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 3 (1969; digitised 2006)
- You can never be kind to a woman with impunity.
- Attributed in Vance Palmer, The Legend of the Nineties (Melbourne UP, 1954) ch. 5
- God is always doing something for the daily newspapers.
- Attributed in Gary Linnell, "Jules Archibald", The Australian Media Hall of Fame (c. March 2021)
- You get what you give. Print pearls and they’ll shower you with jewels. Print tripe and you’ll get an avalanche of it.
- Advice to the staff of Smith’s Weekly, shortly before his death. Linnell (2021)
