Andres Serrano Quotes & Sayings

I have never voted in my life. — Andres Serrano

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

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

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

Whenever possible, I operate outside the system. — Andres Serrano

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

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

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

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. — Andres Serrano

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 going to die. It would be unnatural not to think about death once in a while. — Andres Serrano

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

I am an artist first and a photographer second. — Andres Serrano

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

In my work, I explore my own Catholic obsessions. — Andres Serrano

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

I usually refer to myself as Hispanic. — Andres Serrano

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

I like the aesthetics of the Church. — Andres Serrano

My work is intensely personal. — Andres Serrano

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

People have to find ways of explaining the work. — Andres Serrano

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

I like Church furniture. — Andres Serrano

Oftentimes we love the thing we hate and vice versa. — Andres Serrano

I am just an artist. — Andres Serrano

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

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

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

Some people have compared the Klan images to ecclesiastical figures. — Andres Serrano