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

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

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 am an artist first and a photographer second.

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

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.