I like the aesthetics of the 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.

I say things, but I say them indirectly. At the same time, I try to make my images as direct as possible.

Oftentimes we love the thing we hate and vice versa.

In my work, I explore my own Catholic obsessions.

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

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.

An artist is nothing without his or her obsessions.

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

My use of the medium - photography - is in some ways traditional.

A man once believed he could fly—and he did. Another believed he could walk on the moon—and he did. Why not believe your wildest dreams can come true? Why not see the stars as reachable?

The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come.

[My mother] told me a little bit about the scene out there and I think, as a small child, I just always felt a connection to that history because my mother had described it to me.

The art is just really mysterious. If I understood it more, maybe I would write more.

To double your successes, you might have to double your failure rate.

I don't understand why people would want to get rid of pigeons. They don't bother no one.

I got into the race and people literally laughed. They thought I had no chance of winning.

It's such a fortunate life, if you can work as an actor.

Accordingly, one race is neither superior nor inferior to another.

When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers.