I say things, but I say them indirectly. At the same time, I try to make my images as direct as possible..

Artists are a free society's greatest advocates and its best bulwarks. Their triumphs are civilization's triumphs..

I have never been able to see myself as fitting into one category, and I have never been able to limit my contact with people to one group of people..

I don't really think I am interested in the macabre, but I am curious about death. That's normal... The only certainty in life is that we're all goin….

I have always felt that my work is religious, not sacrilegious. I would say that there are many individuals in the Church who appreciate it and who d….

An artist is nothing without his or her obsessions..

I like to believe that rather than destroy icons, I make new ones..

I have never voted in my life..

Being born, especially being born a person of color, is a political act in itself..

I have always felt that I am the sum total of my parts..

In my work, I explore my own Catholic obsessions..

As a former Catholic, and as someone who even today is not opposed to being called a Christian, I felt I had every right to use the symbols of the Ch….

I don't think that because I am Hispanic I should therefore do Hispanic work..

I am drawn to Christ but I have real problems with the Catholic Church..

I like the aesthetics of the Church..

I like going to Church for aesthetic reasons, rather than spiritual ones..

There's nothing wrong with provocative art work: I even look forward to the day when I can take pictures which will disturb even me..

I think if the Vatican is smart, someday they'll collect my work..

My use of the medium - photography - is in some ways traditional..

I have always felt that my work is religious, not sacrilegious..

My work is intensely personal..