Pencil Lead

Famous quotes containing the words pencil and/or lead:

    Then my verse I dishonour, my pictures despise,
    My person degrade & my temper chastise;
    And the pen is my terror, the pencil my shame;
    And my talents I bury, and dead is my fame.
    William Blake (1757–1827)

    Horrible experiences lead us to wonder whether the person who experiences them might not be something horrible.
    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)