I really am a strong believer that with editing, it should take a long time. Even you yourself are not capable of making the right decisions; sometimes you need a distance.

Art is our weapon. Culture is a form of resistance.

Every Iranian artist, in one form or another, is political. Politics have defined our lives.

Being political is an integral part of being Iranian. Our lives are defined by politics.

My mother is my last point of security in relation to my past, and if that breaks, I will not ever have that type of pure love or pure attachment.

My work has never been autobiographical. Although the subjects are driven on a personal perspective it's sort of elevated above me. I try to express something that is more a collective expression of crisis.

Nature has the most powerfully healing effect.