In the post-Warhol era a single gesture such as uncrossing one's legs will have more significance than all the pages in War and Peace..

Eventually I saw that the path of the heart requires a full gesture, a degree of abandon that can be terrifying. Only then is it possible to achieve ….

All my life I have struggled to make one authentic gesture..

For a guy who is always banging on about the masculine virtues, Nixon had this remarkable proclivity for very dainty gestures..