#it is what it is

The aim of all commentary on art now should be to make works of art - and, by analogy, our own experience - more, rather than less, real to us. The function of criticism should be to show how it is what it is, even that it is what it is, rather than to show what it means. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#analogy #art #commentary #criticism #even

When you're recording to analog tape, it captures performance and you can't necessarily manipulate that in different ways. It is what it is. ↗

— Dave Grohl

#captures #different #different ways #it is what it is #manipulate

The Madden Curse has really taken on a life of its own. People just love talking about it, and it is what it is, but I look at it as a challenge. ↗

— Drew Brees

#challenge #curse #i #it is what it is #just

It is what it is, it is what you make it. ↗

— James Durbin

#make #you

I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is. ↗

— Ted Turner

#it is what it is #marriages #more #regret #successful

I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said "Nic, it is what it is, it's not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is". ↗

— Nicole Kidman

#could #dad #desperate #feeling #future

People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is! ↗

— L'Wren Scott

#disguise #i #i always #it is what it is #makes

I have Tourettes and Aspergers, but Tourrets and Aspergers don't have me. You know, I'm doing what I can to suppress it and I don't let it take advantage of me. It's not who I am. You know, I'm James Durbin. Like I said in the beginning, I am here to show America who I am, and it is what it is. ↗

— James Durbin

#am #america #beginning #doing #durbin

It is what it is, and it ain't nothin' else... Everything is clearly, openly, plainly delivered. ↗

— Dan Flavin

#delivered #else #everything #it is what it is #nothin