In this concern for formal invention, he can seem fervently single-minded.

Most immediately engaging is the combination of unpredictable formal invention and otherworldly fantasy.

Here, formal invention serves architecture's unparalleled power to open the pores to history and meaning.

"The formal invention, nuanced adjustments and surprisingly highly charged psychological content thrill me."

It is also a staggering exercise in imaginative and formal invention.

Bach adapted and modified the form to what is considered to be a formal invention.

Personal expression and depth were not goals, nor was formal invention or originality - all are as necessary in popular art as any other kind.

That said, the level of formal invention is high.

Fulton's formal inventions invariably employ "form" in the service of content.

An exercise in formal invention, the work hauntingly disposed of most of its dancers by the end.