“When people get older, they get bitter or get cute.” — Kim Shattuck
Where an old boy’s acute frown’s a cute grin upside-down, “Monsieur Rose” turns it around. From France, Philippe Katerine’s art movement – le mignonisme (“the cuteness”) – turns up around his birthday in Pepe’s hometown, when most acute’s his frown.
Avoiding maturity is, for many men, not just a cute hobby, but a life’s work – often handsomely rewarded in the infantile popular culture of the West.
— Michael Leunig
How in the world any one weighing 185 pounds can be cute is beyond me.
—Vaughn Monroe
I love nerdy, cute, quirky boys who don’t take themselves too seriously.
— Ariana Grande
I was probably the only revolutionary referred to as cute.
— Abbie Hoffman
My mission is to make the world happy and cute and to love everyone. I think I’m doing a pretty good job.
—Poppy
When I applied for grad school, I did not specify genre. I said I wanted an MFA in Creative Writing. I was so cute and stupid! The admissions committee decided to put me in poetry.
—Terrance Hayes
Thankfully, I have other skills than just standing there and looking cute.
—Frances Bean Cobain
The only difference between me and others is that they think they can change something with cute little poems, nice cards or embracing trees and being nice to little lapdogs.
— Henry Rollins
I speak English, so I am no longer cute. My tongue itches for French.
—Anna Held
The Internet is a bastion of negativity, and we get to sit there and voice our cute, little, important opinions.
—Roger Craig Smith
Disrespect is tired. Shade is old. Sipping ‘tea’ isn’t cute. But loving, supporting, giving, being grateful and perpetuating light, is.
—Grace Gealey
There are beaucoup images on the web of le mignonisme Montreal, summer 2024, during which the “Monsieur Rose” sculptures inverted frowns in the heart of Pepe’s hometown, his own most acute.
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GODSLAUGH.ME 
As a kid I listened to Vaughn Monroe’s “Ghost Riders in the Sky” and wondered if ghost riding was really as bad as Vaughn claimed. Firstly, you’re outdoors, plenty of fresh air and you’re riding a horse … in the sky! I can think of worse eternities.
Loved the post to-day. Accolades to Pepe & Cogito
I agree with you, George. There must be worse ways for a “Ghost Rider” to spend eternity than in the “Greatest Western Song of All Time.” But it is hard to imagine worse than driving a mighty heard of red-eyed cows, their steel hooves pounding dust, their brands still on fire–forever. Maybe watching “Monsieur Rose” plowing up the ragged skies and through the cloudy draw could be worse. Thank you, Tref.
Steel hooves, burning brands. Some of that herd has to wonder, “What the hell did I do to deserve this?”
Ya think?
he is quite cute! 😊
~David
Imagine that art exhibition happening in your town today, David, what a cute world this could be. (._.)
I cannot imagine an art exhibit like this but I have to concur with Henry Rollins‘ quote.
Thank you for your visit and comment, LuAnne.
It seems that you believe, like Henry Rollins, that short poems cannot effect the world positively in a cute way. I have read some of your short poems, and can testify to the contrary. 🙂