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

I have never voted in my life.

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.

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

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.

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.