Emacs is a nice operating system, but I prefer UNIX.
Art brings people back to their sensibility as human beings. This is the purpose of art: To bring people together and bring back the humanity as well.
It was an identity crisis. I was born and raised in France, but I never really felt French, so I needed to find something that I was more connected to. I used to go back to Tunisia every summer, but I was more into the language, my Arabic roots.
Everywhere I've been, from South Africa to Brazil, people are connected to it. For me, art is a way to bring people together. You can put people on the same level, the perception is the same. You can bring a worker, like a cleaning guy, or the richest guy on earth, and they will have the same feeling or they would be able to feel the same.
"eL Seed" was inspired by the French play Le Cid by Pierre Corneille. It was seeing "Le Cid" coming from the Arabic name "el sayed," which means "the master, the man. " So I called myself like that because I was 16; I said, "Yes, I'm the man. " That's how it started.
In France, they make you feel that you cannot be two things at the same time. You can't be French and Arabic; you can't be French and Muslim.
I've seen it personally that people have a natural sensibility to Arabic script. I don't know it if it's because of the shape, I don't know what it is in this script that makes it so universal. But even if you don't understand it, you still have this feeling; you can feel the piece of art in front of you.
I'm an appalling cook. I can just about create a glass of orange juice and a ham-and-cheese sandwich.
Now, people can watch the entire first series over a period that would probably take you a couple of nights.
Tomorrow I see change, a chance to build a new. Built on spirit intent of heart, and ideals based on truth.
Does breakfast in bed count as a morning workout?