The Detail is the path to wisdom — Men who love wisdom should acquaint themselves with a great many particulars.

The Detail is a window into infinity — To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.

Detail is an obstacle — no amount of genius can overcome a preoccupation with detail.

Detail is risky — he that makes a thing too fine, breaks it.

Gesture is almost a language — there is language in some people's very gesture.

The Gesture is no more able to be recruited by an old man as a new idea.

Gesture is like a langauge — you can guess the past of a woman in the way she holds her cigarette, and the future of a man in the way he holds his drink.

The Gesture is wildly contextual — the man in ecstasy and the man drowning - both throw up their arms. The first to signify harmony, the second to signify strife with the elements.