I have always felt that I am the sum total of my parts.
- Andres Serrano
I Am, Always, Total, Sum Total
I usually refer to myself as Hispanic.
- Andres Serrano
Myself, Hispanic, Refer
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
My Life, I Am Happy, Artist, Hispanic
I don't think that because I am Hispanic I should therefore do Hispanic work.
- Andres Serrano
Work, I Am, Think, Hispanic
I am drawn to Christ but I have real problems with the Catholic Church.
- Andres Serrano
I Am, Christ, Real Problems, Catholic Church
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
Myself, People, Been, Category
People have to find ways of explaining the work.
- Andres Serrano
Work, Find, Ways, Explaining
I think if the Vatican is smart, someday they'll collect my work.
- Andres Serrano
Work, Think, I Think, Collect
In my work, I explore my own Catholic obsessions.
- Andres Serrano
Work, Explore, My Own, Obsessions
An artist is nothing without his or her obsessions, and I have mine.
- Andres Serrano
Her, Mine, His, Obsessions
Some people have compared the Klan images to ecclesiastical figures.
- Andres Serrano
Some, Images, Figures, Ecclesiastical
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
Church, Use, Opposed, Catholic
I like to believe that rather than destroy icons, I make new ones.
- Andres Serrano
New, Like, Rather, Icons
Oftentimes we love the thing we hate and vice versa.
- Andres Serrano
Love, Vice, Oftentimes, Vice Versa
My use of the medium - photography - is in some ways traditional.
- Andres Serrano
Some, Ways, Traditional, Medium
Unfortunately, the Church's position on most contemporary issues makes it hard to take them seriously.
- Andres Serrano
Church, Most, Take, Contemporary
Whenever possible, I operate outside the system.
- Andres Serrano
Outside, System, Whenever, Operate
My work is intensely personal.
- Andres Serrano
Work, Personal, Intensely
I like Church furniture.
- Andres Serrano
Church, Like, Furniture
My work has social implications, it functions in a social arena.
- Andres Serrano
Implications, Functions, Arena
I am an artist first and a photographer second.
- Andres Serrano
I Am, Artist, Am, Photographer
I like the aesthetics of the Church.
- Andres Serrano
Church, Like, Aesthetic
I like going to Church for aesthetic reasons, rather than spiritual ones.
- Andres Serrano
Like, Going, Reasons, Aesthetic
I have never voted in my life.
- Andres Serrano
Life, My Life, Never, Voted
Being born, especially being born a person of color, is a political act in itself.
- Andres Serrano
Color, Act, Itself, Political Act
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