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1. The answer has novelty and usefulness, either for

an individual or for a society

2. The answer demands we reject ideas that we had

previously accepted

3. The answer results from intense motivation and

persistence

4. The answer comes from clarifying a problem that

was originally vague

Alan Newell, Cliff Shaw & Herb Simon

There are no qualities that are necessarily present in all instances of creativity,

nor groups of qualities that are collectively sufficient to guarantee the aptness

of the label “creative”. Instead, we tell each other narratives of creativity.