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

- Andres Serrano

Whenever possible, I operate outside the system.

- Andres Serrano

People have to find ways of explaining the work.

- Andres Serrano

I usually refer to myself as Hispanic.

- Andres Serrano

I like the aesthetics of the Church.

- Andres Serrano

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

- Andres Serrano

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

- Andres Serrano

I am just an artist.

- Andres Serrano

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.

- Andres Serrano

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

- Andres Serrano

My work is intensely personal.

- Andres Serrano

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

- Andres Serrano

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

- Andres Serrano

In my work, I explore my own Catholic obsessions.

- Andres Serrano

Some people have compared the Klan images to ecclesiastical figures.

- Andres Serrano

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

- Andres Serrano

I like Church furniture.

- Andres Serrano

I have never voted in my life.

- Andres Serrano

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.

- Andres Serrano

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

- Andres Serrano