Infinite Formal Sum

Famous quotes containing the words infinite, formal and/or sum:

    “It has no future but itself—
    Its infinite contain
    Its past—enlightened to perceive
    New periods of pain.”
    —Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

    “The formal Washington dinner party has all the spontaneity of a Japanese imperial funeral.”
    —Simon Hoggart (b. 1946)

    “And what is the potential man, after all? Is he not the sum of all that is human? Divine, in other words?”
    —Henry Miller (1891–1980)