Tao Te Ching
Hergé
(Georges Prosper Remi )
1907 – 1983 CE
Intrepid reporter of world culture
Hergé translated world culture—from the past and future, from Native American, African, European, Mid-Eastern, South American, Chinese, and Tibetan—to a world only beginning to open its eyes to a new political and social consciousness just beginning to transcend nationalism. He created a visually engaging, highly entertaining, and wisdom transmitting art form that became one of the 20th century’s most popular publications. Although the early Tintin cartoons and books were used as propaganda by a conservative Catholic newspaper, steered away from political views during the German occupation of Belgium, and although Hergé himself was accused of racism and arrested four times; his positive impact on international consciousness steadily increased as more than 120 million Tintin books were sold and translated into 40+ languages. His travels introduced him to Asian thought which deeply influenced his message. He described his political views by quoting Chuang Tzu.
Eras
Western
Post-Romantic Age (1850 – 2018 CE)Great Depression (1929 – 1941 CE)
Roaring Twenties (1920 – 1929 CE)
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Quotes by Hergé (8 quotes)
“Hooray! Hooray! The end of the world has been postponed!”
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“At a particular moment, in an immaculately white alcove, a white skeleton appeared that tried to catch me. And then instantly everything around me became white.”
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“[The Tintin success] is like a flowing stream, but what is its nature?… That’s something I am still asking myself without finding an answer.”
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“Rickln told me something that struck me every much, ‘One must kill the demon of purity in you!’ What a shock this was for me! the demon of purity: that meant the turning upside down of all my values.”
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“There were on one side people with noble political ideas who tired to apply them, and on the other side those without a particular ideology who tried simply to make things work… I believed in just striving to make things work without a particular message… There is the same idea in Change Tzu: ‘Don’t look any longer for truth, just stop cherishing your opinions!’”
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“There’s something you should know about failure, Tintin… you can never let it defeat you.”
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Quotes about Hergé (1 quotes)
“Hergé’s work has great political and satirical dimension and has been praised by everyone from historian Arthur Schleisinger and world leaders like Charles de Gaulle and Chiang Kai-shek to pop artist Andy Warhol… Hergé himself may have departed some years ago, but Tintin is as alive as ever.”
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