Liz Lerman > Quotes

“People are always asking me about how to do CRP faster. I’ve learned from Cristóbal to say: “No . . . do it slower, it’s not transactional. It is ceremony. It is human. It is relational.”
― Liz Lerman, Critique Is Creative: The Critical Response Process® in Theory and Action

“The Process is most fruitful when artists are invested in the future evolution of the art they are showing, or at least in the possibility that they can learn something of value to apply to future projects.”
― Liz Lerman, Critical Response Process: a method for getting useful feedback on anything you make, from dance to dessert

“The key elements of a Critical Response Process session are the four core steps of the Process and participants in three roles: an artist showing work, a facilitator, and a group of responders.”
― Liz Lerman, Critical Response Process: a method for getting useful feedback on anything you make, from dance to dessert

“Thus the Critical Response Process begins with the philosophy that meaning is at the heart of an artist’s work, and to start with meaning is to begin with the essence of the artistic act.”
― Liz Lerman, Critical Response Process: a method for getting useful feedback on anything you make, from dance to dessert

“Meanwhile, life in a globalized world increasingly calls on us to communicate across difference in a rapidly evolving conversation about history, coexistence, exploitation, redress, and the legacies of systemic racism and White supremacy.”
― Liz Lerman, Critique Is Creative: The Critical Response Process® in Theory and Action

“When defensiveness starts, learning stops. The Critical Response Process emphasizes the benefits of getting artists to think about their work in a fresh way, as opposed to telling them how to improve their work or asking them to defend it. This aim is supported by the discipline of the neutral question.”
― Liz Lerman, Critical Response Process: a method for getting useful feedback on anything you make, from dance to dessert