Andres Serrano Quotes
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One of the things that I am happy about in my life as an artist is that I am not considered a Hispanic artist.
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An artist is nothing without his or her obsessions...
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Being born, especially being born a person of color, is a political act in itself.
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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…
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I am an artist first and a photographer second.
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I am drawn to Christ but I have real problems with the Catholic Church.
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I have always felt that I am the sum total of my parts.
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I don't think that because I am Hispanic I should therefore do Hispanic work.
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I have always felt that my work is religious, not sacrilegious.
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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…
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I have never voted in my life.
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I like the aesthetics of the Church.
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I like going to Church for aesthetic reasons, rather than spiritual ones.
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I like to believe that rather than destroy icons, I make new ones.
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I think if the Vatican is smart, someday they'll collect my work.
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In my work, I explore my own Catholic obsessions.
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Artists are a free society's greatest advocates and its best bulwarks. Their triumphs are civilization's triumphs.
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Oftentimes we love the thing we hate and vice versa.
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My work is intensely personal.
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My use of the medium - photography - is in some ways traditional.
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