In my work, I explore my own Catholic obsessions.

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

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 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.

My work is intensely personal.

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.