I am a freelance artiste.

Every artiste has a process.

Every artiste's shelf life... is their destiny.

There are always ups and down in every artiste's career.

An artiste can only be happy when he is true to his art.

I am just an artiste, and I like to explore new avenues.

I think I am more liberated as an artiste in my late 40s.

However popular an artiste may be, awards were reassuring.

What keeps an artiste going is the adulation of the masses.

What is important is satiating my creativity as an artiste.

I am the first Tamil film artiste to receive the Padmashree.

When people appreciate my work, that's satisfying as an artiste.

Nobody can link the success of a movie with a particular artiste.

We have freedom to experiment as an artiste - unlike lead heroes.

I am an artiste in a free world, I am supposed to raise questions.

As an artiste, I want to become more people, play more characters.

I believe every artiste, at some point, needs to take a step back.

Although I am a senior artiste, I am young at heart and fun-loving.

You can take that 'I'm an artiste' stuff to the wrong extreme, too.

Janhvi is the most spontaneous artiste and a very respectful person.

I think, for an artiste, it's important to be aware of world cinema.

Nobody can replace Mika Singh; he is an amazing artiste and a legend.

As a performing artiste, we always need love and support from family.

I am a greedy artiste. Wherever I will find good stories, I will do it.

Once you are accepted as a star, as a good artiste, nothing else matters.

I make a good living and I've never looked at myself as being an artiste.

As an artiste, you get a high when you are given roles that are challenging.

I've always believed that getting respect as an artiste is of utmost importance.

I like the way the Telugu industry treats an artiste, they show a lot of respect.

If a character artiste accepts too many small roles his career dies a slow death.

I am comfortable doing independent music; it gives me more freedom as an artiste.

If an artiste has the conviction to carry something off, he or she can do anything.

But as an artiste, I want to challenge myself because that is what art is all about.

Theatre especially in Hindi is not enough to help an artiste in earning a livelihood.

As an artiste, I believe that I am not my own property. I am the property of my fans.

As an artiste you want to experiment, meet new people and do different kind of songs.

Vijayalakshmi is one artiste whom I admire. There is something divine about her singing.

Fans are half of an artiste... without someone to appreciate him, an artiste is nothing.

I may be a character artiste but I want the audiences to clap and whistle for me as well.

A mimicry artiste should be spontaneous and he should be able to crack jokes on the spot.

Acknowledgement and recognition from authoritative quarters are important to every artiste.

An artiste's input, her ability to create dimensions within the given space is very important.

For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture.

For an artiste like me, it was very difficult to focus on studies with a beautiful campus around me.

What leads me is the conviction that as an artiste, attempting versatile roles will help me improve.

As a kid I loved to listen to the radio, later I became a radio artiste and would listen to the BBC.

I worked in SRK and Salman Khan's films as a child artiste, so Bollywood has always been on my radar.

As an artiste, I take up roles where there is scope to perform and that can reach out to the audience.

Art is subjective and, as an artiste, if our artistic work is not appreciated by the majority, it hurts.

The job of any artiste is to open the eyes of the public to their surroundings and make them aware of it.

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