It was an identity crisis. I was born and raised in France, but I never really felt French, so I needed to… — eL Seed Copy Share Image
Everywhere I've been, from South Africa to Brazil, people are connected to it. For me, art is a way to bring people… — eL Seed Copy Share Image
I've been working a lot with identity and roots, being part of your roots. I went into this topic where I was trying to… — eL Seed Copy Share Image
You meet a lot of people [in Dubai] coming from a lot of different places. Even me, I'm always in transit. I don't stay… — eL Seed Copy Share Image
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… — eL Seed Copy Share Image
I'm trying to create artwork that makes people, and myself, think about judgment as a reflex. This is something that must be changed. — eL Seed Copy Share Image
When actually, you have one identity made of different parts. Depending on where you are, at what time in your life, some things are… — eL Seed Copy Share Image
I couldn't know about my culture, my history, without learning the language, so I started learning Arabic - reading, writing. I used to speak… — eL Seed Copy Share Image
I'm more into the perception scope of a work; I'm exploring this concept of perception and how people can look at someone, look at… — eL Seed Copy Share Image
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… — eL Seed Copy Share Image
It was an identity crisis. I was born and raised in France, but I never really felt French, so I needed to find something… — eL Seed Copy Share Image
Art brings people back to their sensibility as human beings. This is the purpose of art: To bring people together and bring back the… — eL Seed Copy Share Image
Sometimes the reading is related to something I do, sometimes it's not. I feel like every time I read something, there's a quote or… — eL Seed Copy Share Image
"eL Seed" was inspired by the French play Le Cid by Pierre Corneille. It was seeing "Le Cid" coming from the Arabic name "el… — eL Seed Copy Share Image
![“You meet a lot of people [in Dubai] coming from a lot of different places. Even me, I'm always in transit. I don't stay anywhere too long. I like the energy that I found when I came here the first time. I start knowing people, and people start knowing me as well.” quote by eL Seed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ceb/el-seed-35457_different_you-meet-a-lot-of-people-in-dubai-coming_394105.jpg)
![“Sometimes the reading is related to something I do, sometimes it's not. I feel like every time I read something, there's a quote or something that comes [into the work] later. There's nothing that happens by coincidence. It's fate, I would say.” quote by eL Seed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/87e/el-seed-35457_coincidence_sometimes-the-reading-is-related-to-some_2717331.jpg)
