WHERE DO YOU STAND?

Creativity and Intelligence are related, but also opposed to each other in a certain way. Traditional analysis of relations between intelligence and creativity have focused on whether one is a subset of the other; whether they are correlated and found significantly more often together than by themselves; and whether one (high IQ) is a necessary condition or prerequisite for the other (creativity) - the threshold theory of creativity … it appears to me that not only they are separate constructs; but also there is mild correlation between them, and most importantly that a threshold of intelligence is not really required for creativity. - Sandeep Gautmm (http://www.psychologytoday.com)

I believe structure is necessary because structure and creativity have the same parentage. It is structure that enables creativity. We see examples of this everywhere. In nature, we see the fantastic diversity generated by a few basic structural elements: no more than a hundred varieties of atoms and a couple of primary colors, lead to a universe of infinite beauty and diversity. In the great human creations, in the twelve notes of the musical scale, in the twenty six letters of the alphabet, these fantastic structural inventions have unlocked the enormous creativity of literature and music. Without structure, there is nothing for creativity to get leverage upon. – Steve Denning (www.forbes.com)

There is a mistaken belief that creativity means being completely free and unfettered. There should be no restrictions or barriers. This is as mistaken as the belief that creativity is just being different for the sake of being different. Creativity is easier if there is some structure. On the other hand, if the structure fixes some point, then that point can't be altered. – Edward DeBono (http://www.management-issues.com)

The subject of creativity raises all sorts of questions and remains a much-misunderstood aspect of our lives.  Those who perceive themselves as less (or not at all) creative wonder about creative inspiration: Is it something that happens to you? Or can you initiate it? If so, how? Does it continue to flow or is an allocation granted that you somehow use up? – David Cox, Creative Thinking For Dummies, Chapter 5

And I think a lot of times, people think creativity is chaos. I don't think that's what it is. I think a lot of times, creativity comes from having a framework and then either rejecting the framework or going against it. But I think you need to start with a concept, and then you can abandon the concept on the way.  And I think the biggest problem is that people sometimes march off the cliff because they have a concept. … If you look at a lot of the great rock-and-roll musicians, a lot of them are classically trained. They had a structure underneath it, and then they threw the structure away and did something totally different, but they had a structure. It wasn't just chaos.- Rick Smolan (http://curiosity.discovery.com)