I like going to Church for aesthetic reasons, rather than spiritual ones.
I usually refer to myself as Hispanic.
Being born, especially being born a person of color, is a political act in itself.
My use of the medium - photography - is in some ways traditional.
I think if the Vatican is smart, someday they'll collect my work.
One of the things that I am happy about in my life as an artist is that I am not considered a Hispanic artist.
I have always felt that my work is religious, not sacrilegious.
I like the aesthetics of the Church.
I like Church furniture.
In my work, I explore my own Catholic obsessions.
An artist is nothing without his or her obsessions, and I have mine.
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 drawn to Christ but I have real problems with the Catholic Church.
Oftentimes we love the thing we hate and vice versa.
Unfortunately, the Church's position on most contemporary issues makes it hard to take them seriously.
I like to believe that rather than destroy icons, I make new ones.
Some people have compared the Klan images to ecclesiastical figures.
I have always felt that I am the sum total of my parts.
I am just an artist.
My work is intensely personal.
