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

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.

It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top.

A man can never be truly free when he knows that he is neglecting his duties elsewhere.

The more a country makes military weapons, the more insecure it becomes: if you have weapons, you become a target for attack.

Look At The Clock When You Are Sitting idle. But Never Look At The Clock When You Are Working.

Probably I, like a lot of people, became a writer in imitation of or in homage to the books I enjoyed. When you're so captivated by something, you think, could I do that? Hmm, let me try

I'm a Freddie Mercury fan. (In response to an interviewer backstage at a Queen concert at the LA Forum, who asked: Can I tell my viewers that Michael Jackson is a Queen fan?

If you could see yourself the way that others do, you'd wish you were as beautiful as you.

Your example, even more than your words, will be an eloquent lesson to the world.

In nature nothing creates itself and nothing destroys itself.

Most apparent conspiracies result from consistent local self-interest with no need for global coordination.