Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-08-10 | Page 3 | 'Art for Art's Sake' and 'Love in a Garret' Are Worn out Themes

CArt f For r. r Arts s s Sake Safe And Love Lwe In InA Or f A Garret Are Worn Q Oat qt t Themes i T N C I J 1 Pt P t j C t 1 i e I 5 N I Guido and rid Family H 0 i 1 oJ j j I J p ril J J J r D oll e w t thc l si l t fr t rJ h ht Will cry cri i r ya Guido Ciccolini Says Modern Artist Is Also Practical Business BusinessMan BusinessMan BusinessMan Man ManThe ManThe The genius genus in ia a garret theme theme- is s worn threadbare declares Guido Guid Guid Ciccolini famous operatic tenor O of the Chicago Opera Com Corn pany k Mr Ciccolini insists that geniuses geniuses gen gen- fuses never did flourish in attics anyway and always found it well well- nigh impossible to raise rais a f family mily there You ou used to hear artists speak of a art for arts art's sake asif as asif asif if it were rather disgraceful to get any material comfort out of life he points out In the old days an tin artist scorned t to be bo a good business man He thought it beneath him That is probably why there were so few happy artists Now it is different The artist realizes tu that t every hobby or avocation he may have adds power and beauty to his interpretation of ot his art N One week 1 may sing in ina a concert concert con con- cert with Galli Curci and the very next week I may sin sing in va vaudeville vaude vaude- d ville I do not think that this detracts detracts de de- tracts in any way from froth what I have to give to the world A 1 real reat artist should be lad to hays hay varied It is what you sing and now you sing ing it that really counts There are plenty of musical compositions for instance Somewhere in the World that are just as interesting to an m audi audi- once in a concert laU hall as to one in a vaudeville theatre Then Thea too when I f ravel I always always al al- 31 ways take my toy whole family i that is mv wife viCe and md two kiddies kiddie Of course this a large c expenditure ex cx- and as most of mv my lifo is 15 spent in traveling 1 would rather work harder and ind havo them with me than hit bit the trail alone