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.

Oftentimes we love the thing we hate and vice versa.

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.

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

I have always felt that my work is religious, not sacrilegious. I would say that there are many individuals in the Church who appreciate it and who do not have a problem with it. The best place for Piss Christ is in a church.

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

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.