Tag: creativity

Creativity is the ability to form novel and valuable ideas or works using one's imagination. Products of creativity may be intangible (e.g., an idea, a scientific theory, a literary work, a musical composition, or a joke), or a physical object (e.g., an invention, a dish or meal, an item of jewelry, a costume, or a painting).

Creativity may also describe the ability to find new solutions to problems, or new methods of performing a task to accomplish a goal. Therefore, creativity enables people to solve problems in new or innovative ways.

Most ancient cultures (including Ancient Greece, Ancient China, and Ancient India) lacked the concept of creativity, seeing art as a form of discovery, rather than a form of creation. In the Judeo-Christian-Islamic tradition, creativity was seen as the sole province of God, and human creativity was considered an expression of God's work; the modern conception of creativity came about during the Renaissance, influenced by humanist ideas.

Scholarly interest in creativity is found in a number of disciplines, primarily psychology, business studies, and cognitive science; however, it is also present in education and the humanities (including philosophy and the arts).