Quotes By Andres Serrano

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

An artist is nothing without his or her obsessions, and I have mine.

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

I usually refer to myself as Hispanic.

My work has social implications, it functions in a social arena.

I like Church furniture.

In my work, I explore my own Catholic obsessions.

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

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

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

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

Some people have compared the Klan images to ecclesiastical figures.

One of the things that I am happy about in my life as an artist is that I am not considered a Hispanic artist.

My work is intensely personal.

People have to find ways of explaining the work.

Unfortunately, the Church's position on most contemporary issues makes it hard to take them seriously.

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

I am just an artist.

Oftentimes we love the thing we hate and vice versa.

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

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.

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

Whenever possible, I operate outside the system.

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 Church and resented being told not to.

I am an artist first and a photographer second.

I like the aesthetics of the Church.

I have never voted in my life.