Albert Brooks Quotes

If you were to say to me that I couldn't paint, I would write. If I couldn't write, I would be a set designer. As long as I'm creating something, I'm happy.

What is important is satiating my creativity as an artiste.

But I really love music, and having a creative outlet is really the best thing you can do for yourself.

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.

I think as long as I have a creative outlet, I'm happy.

I relax more when I'm behind the camera than anything else. I love that.

I kind of lose my mind a little bit if I'm not making something.

All kids love to color - even the older ones, and it can be a very relaxing activity for everyone.

Maybe I'll paint, do photography, just something else. I can see that.

I'm pretty terrible at writing, so the way I kind of therapeutically get through things is by drawing.

I like to draw, produce paintings, do something with my fingers - but I am very normal, down-to-earth person.

It's still an escape for me, painting, so it also takes me elsewhere. I don't think I would do it otherwise.

When I have a day off, I won't spend it at a Hollywood party. I'd rather be at home with paints and a blank canvas.

I don't need the bread, but it's nice to do something creative.

Creating something I can use is the best stress reliever.

If I didn't have my films as an outlet for all the different sides of me, I would probably be locked up.

My whole life, I've always had to be surrounded by creative things. I find it relaxing to be in touch with creations by other people.

I always wanted to do something creative, but as much as I'm creative, it's in a really hard-core, right-brained way. For me, painting doesn't do it for me. There's no constraint.

I knew I wanted to be creative but didn't know how.

Now my drug is writing or acting, being creative.

I'm creative. I can't relax unless I've got some project on the go. I'm somebody from art school, and art school during the punk era, when you just had a go at whatever came along.

The early expression of my youth was filled with all the aspects of art.

I realized after writing songs for years how important it is. Whether it provides a living for me or not, that creative outlet is something I need.

It's very natural and simple to me, drawing, because I've drawn since I was a kid. It's just the most normal thing for me to do. And it's very meditative.

I'm a creative person. I love to write, I love to act, I love to perform, I love to create things with my hands, so I do all of these things that are kind of like hobbies in a way. They're things that I love, so it's not like a work-life balance; it's just a work-life marriage.