"When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do"
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The intent reads like a motivational note you could tack to a studio wall, and that matters. Disney wasn't selling only cartoons; he was selling a disciplined optimism, a factory-ready creativity that could be standardized without sounding soulless. Curiosity becomes the engine that justifies constant iteration: try a new character, a new camera technique, a new format, a new park ride. If you're curious, you won't stall. You will find "things to do" even when the obvious paths close.
The subtext is also managerial. Curiosity sounds like freedom, but here it's framed as productivity. Not "lots of interesting things to think", but to do. It's an ethic of motion, a gentle nudge toward making, tinkering, shipping. Coming from a cartoonist who helped industrialize imagination, the line performs the very magic Disney perfected: turning a personal emotion into a social instruction, then packaging it as wholesome common sense.
In the context of 20th-century American progress faith and entertainment's rapid technological churn, it's both inspiring and a little controlling. Stay curious, and you'll stay busy; stay busy, and the dream keeps running.
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Disney, Walt. (2026, January 18). When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-youre-curious-you-find-lots-of-interesting-10744/
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Disney, Walt. "When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do." FixQuotes. January 18, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-youre-curious-you-find-lots-of-interesting-10744/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do." FixQuotes, 18 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-youre-curious-you-find-lots-of-interesting-10744/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.









