RE: The quote "It is what it is." Who said this and what precisely does it mean?

It means what it means

These are tee shirt sayings I felt it might be relevant.

It is what it is. Original Salty Shirt.

Some advice from Dr. Chil: Don't over-think it, Put it in a box or catigorize it. Set it, and yourself free. It is what it is. It ain't no more and it ain't no less.

Love, It is what it is.

Love Rules, Lovers Drool, sometimes all over themselves and each other,eww. quick put on a clean shirt. Love: It is what it is. Get Salty

Road Rage, Just say no.

Road Rage, not a pretty sight, slower traffic move to the right.

Help keep our Highways a safe place to speed!

They need to teach this stuff in school? can you spell Autobahn Kids?

I believe, if memory serves me correctly, the minimalist sculptor Carl Andre coined that term. It means that there is no grey area, or no inbetween. Wow, this is harder than I though to explain. A situation arises and there is really no way to change it. It just is what it is.

It is a quote from Erich Fried's Was est is.

Fried is reminding us that Love is too big a thing to be talked about.

Was es ist

Es ist Unsinn

sagt die Vernunft

Es ist was es ist

sagt die Liebe

Es ist Unglück

sagt die Berechnung

Es ist nichts als Schmerz

sagt die Angst

Es ist aussichtslos

sagt die Einsicht

Es ist was es ist

sagt die Liebe

Es ist lächerlich

sagt der Stolz

Es ist leichtsinning

sagt die Vorsicht

Es ist unmöglich

sagt die Erfahrung

Es ist was es ist

sagt die Liebe

What it is

It is nonsense

says reason

It is what it is

says love

It is misfortune

says calculation

It is nothing but pain

says fear

It is hopeless

says insight

It is what it is

says love

It is ridiculous

says pride

It is careless

says caution

It is impossible

says experience

It is what it is

says love

Translation by M. Kaldenbach

That's a good question, I was wondering the same thing myself

Many people say this not just one! It means that what you see is what it is! That also means nothing mythical is real!

Thats a really good question. It sounds mysterious lol

Whoever said it said it.

It means what it means.

It means they are unchanged by criticism.

It means it is what it is.