In some Arab art exhibitions that have happened, there's always this idea that the East is more traditional; they show a lot of works on calligraphy and religion.

We need to remind ourselves that contemporary art is first of all a form of conceptual gymnastics, in which we learn to coexist with what we don't understand.

Maybe there are some traditional things, but they are more about the way the West packages the East.

Art in the United States is a kind of visual entertainment focusing on expected narratives.

People want to see things that are visually beautiful.

Many of the artists are not pretending to have an objective point of view. They're revealing the subjectivity.

...see the blessing and beauty that you are.

If you are lying down to give birth, gravity is not helping you. You know, you stand up and, you know, a baby will basically kind of fall out of you, if you keep walking 'round.

An actor is only merchandise.

Imagination is the wide-open eye which leads us always to see truth more vividly.

I'm a multi-tasker. I was down with that stuff before they invented the term.

But there's a shift happening in humanity, a shift in consciousness, happening now because it has to happen now.

Who can rest until the moment of action?

Whereas science elicits changes in order to know, technology knows in order to elicit changes.

We all say no to war, we are all for justice and peace. But sometimes in order to maintain peace, armed action is necessary. But we hope it won't be the case.

I don't drink coffee. I've never had a cup of coffee in my entire life. That's something you probably don't know about me. I've hated the taste since I was a kid.