Divergent artists, on the other hand, offer the world cubist or impressionist views. They tape bananas to walls a la Maurizio Cattelan, whose radical, absurdist installation recently sold for $120,000 ...

The relationship between intelligence and creativity has long been debated and studied. One of the hallmark tests of "general intelligence" is the Raven's Progressive Matrices Test. This test gives ...

As I wrote in The Non-Obvious Guide to Being More Creative, No Matter Where You Work, “divergent thinking helps us generate many new ideas, imagine, be original, ask questions to spot problems, look ...

Conformity, compliance, and obedience are the enemies of a healthy creative mindset. Social structures designed to hem us in, contain our enthusiasm, and restrict our intellectual musings are with us ...