Common Traits Of Highly Creative People They’re curious about everything Your average creative genius might be a gardener, a historian, a scientist, an expert in American literature and dabble with astronomy on the side. They’re almost always voracious readers. That’s because an idea is nothing more than a combination of old elements that already exist. Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon is generally considered the greatest painting of the 20th Century. But this would never have appeared on canvas had the artist not spent hours studying African and Iberian sculptures at the Louvre. Ideas need fuel. Creative people keep the tank topped up. They can live with discomfort for longer When a problem’s left unsolved, it’s uncomfortable – a bit like an itch you can’t scratch. During this time, it’s very tempting to settle for a second-rate solution. Creative people, however, can live with this discomfort for longer. They wait for the big idea, when they shout “EUREKA!” Although he didn’t consider himself the most talented of the Monty Python gang, John Cleese realised he often came up with the funniest sketches. He says the reason was he could sit on an idea for longer. He had a high threshold for mental discomfort.
Posted on: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 11:13:12 +0000
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