Formal Quotes

No formal course in fiction-writing can equal a close and observant perusal of the stories of Edgar Allan Poe or Ambrose Bierce.

– H. P. Lovecraft

I’m not religious in any formal sense, not in any God sense.

– Al Purdy

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

– Albert Einstein

All literature is an effort at the formal character of the epigram.

– Delmore Schwartz

I felt the need to unlearn my formal education.

– Michael Cimino

My work is formal, not based on psychology.

– Robert Wilson