The pen is a formidable weapon, but not when used with weakn... - Ezra Pound

This quote is attributed to Ezra Pound.

"The pen is a formidable weapon, but not when used with weakness."

Ezra Pound Power

Poet Critic American 1885–1972

More from Ezra Pound

"Make it new."

"The natural object is always the adequate symbol."

"Poetry is a sort of inspired mathematics."

"A poet is a light and winged and holy thing."

"Power without control is just destruction."

"Power is not about control, it's about influence"

"The world doesn't need me to be the hero. It just needs me to be dangerous."

"The claws come out when I need them to."