Do creative people have higher intellect?

Yes, creativity is mainly about — how many perspective do you see at the same time — when you look at something. Which requires intelligence as in the technical term of that definition. If I say what can you do with a box? A person with low creative capacities, will say something like. You can put stuff in it. read more

So the greatest artists are not only creative, they are also intelligent, therefore creativity requires intelligence. So I make a distinction between skill and creativity. Creativity is mainly a spontaneous process arising from intuition. read more

Studies have shown that highly creative people are highly intelligent but highly intelligent people are not always creative. The fact that highly creative people have a higher correlation with intelligence than vice versa suggests creativity is simply a higher form of intelligence. read more

I’ve spent a lot of time studying the link between measured intelligence (IQ) and creative ability. It seems that there’s a good reason why so many artists have average IQ’s and why some people with extremely high IQ’s struggle to be creative. read more