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To resist is to be a poet and to live an uninterrupted metaphor.
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The line presents resistance as a poetic way of living. To resist is not only to refuse something; it is to keep expressing life through images and comparisons, as if ordinary experience carries a deeper meaning. “An uninterrupted metaphor” suggests that this poetic way of seeing does not stop, but shapes how a person understands the world.
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- Tate Magazine interview with Hans-Ulrich Obrist
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