i love the idea and a very good attempt at a classic phrase, just not the execution with the sword and DOF at the text and afformentioned sword. good effort :O)
concept cool, title raising my interest nicely. Image is Under-exposed and the elements of the picture like what was on hand. if the pen were tilting just to the right of the text, as if the statement has just been written would be a bit more suggestive of casual contemplation thereby ccommunicating the intent better than the collection of objects you have arranged here. (6)
I did not know what the gold think was at first but was able to make out the words and it tied it together. It does look like a toy sword though. Maybe you could have worked on it a bit to make it look real? The pen is okay. I LOVE the concept. 6