How is creativity related to intelligence?

 A certain level of intelligence is required for creativity but beyond that intelligence does not
correlate with creativity. Creativity tests involve divergent thinking and assess such abilities
such as ability to produce a variety of ideas i.e., ideas which have ability to see new
relationships. It involves expression of spontaneous originality and imagination.
 Creativity tests are open-ended. There are no specified answers to questions or problems in
creativity tests. Individuals have freedom to use one's imagination and express it in original
ways. On the other hand, intelligence tests are closed-ended. There are fixed answers to
questions.
 There is a positive relationship between creativity and intelligence. All creative acts require
some minimum ability to acquire knowledge and capacity to comprehend, retain, and
retrieve. Creative writers, for example, need facility in dealing with language.
The artist must understand the effect that will be produced by a particular technique of
painting, a scientist must be able to reason and so on.
Hence, a certain level of intelligence is required for creativity but beyond that intelligence
does not correlate well with creativity.
 A person who has the ability to learn faster and reproduce accurately may be considered
intelligent more than creative unless she/he devises new ways of learning and doing.
 In 1920s, Terman found that persons with high 1O were not necessarily creative. At the same
time, creative ideas could come from persons who did not have a very high IQ.
 It can be concluded that creativity can take many forms. Some may have more of intellectual
attributes, others may have more of attributes associated with creativity.