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Busyness Quotes

On busyness as something that costs more than it earns.

These busyness quotes argue that creativity needs space, and that we often drive it out with our own busyness and plans, an idea close to a well-spent Age.

The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyness and plans.

Quotes by Iain McGilchrist

If work and leisure are soon to be subordinated to this one utopian principle - absolute busyness - then utopia and melancholy will come to coincide: an age without conflict will dawn, perpetually busy - and without consciousness.

Quotes by Gunter Grass

My overwhelming memory of my childhood is the constant busyness in the house. I am seventh out of eight kids - five boys and three girls - plus my mom, Ruth.

Quotes by Gregory Porter

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers.

Quotes by Gore Vidal

Age Quotes

When the fire of prayer goes out, the barrenness of busyness takes over.

Quotes by George Carey

A good poem brims with reflected beauty and even a bracing, beautiful ugliness. At the center of our lives, in the midst of the busyness and the forgetting, is a story that makes sense when everything extraneous has been taken...

Quotes by David Whyte

Frequently Asked Questions

How do these busyness quotes describe its effect on creativity?
One quote argues that creativity needs space to happen, and busyness along with over-planning can drive that space out entirely.
Is busyness discussed as a childhood memory?
Yes, one quote recalls constant busyness as the overwhelming memory of growing up as the seventh of eight children in a full household.
Do any quotes treat busyness as a broader cultural problem?
Yes, one quote imagines a future where absolute busyness becomes a governing principle, predicting an age without conflict that still coincides with melancholy.
Is there a lighter, humorous take on busyness here?
Yes, one quote jokes that the busyness of writers has spared the world from many Bad books that never got finished.
What overall view of busyness do these quotes share?
Most treat busyness as something that crowds out better things, whether that is creative work, calm childhoods, or simply finishing what you start.

One writer even jokes that busyness has spared the world from many Bad books never finished, while another simply recalls a childhood defined by constant motion in a house full of siblings.