Ori’s definition:

Creativity is where imagination meets reality

This is a definition I love.

Here are others by clever IDC students. Notice how often they use the term ‘outside the box’. Yipes!

“Creativity” for me, means taking a blank paper and start drawing things on it. Creativity is finding a different way of doing things, decorating your apartment and bringing a completely different style, writing a book in a completely different way, or creating a product that has simply not be seen before. – Alexandra Macias

“The ability to produce a new/different idea in the constraints of the world you are in.” (If there are no constraints then anything goes).- Gal Sharir

 Finding a new solution to an existing problem not seen by all – Tomer Dean

The ability to see everyone going in one direction, and to think about ‘which different direction can be more interesting?’

The ability to think about things nobody ever thought of before. The ability to invent an original story in a few seconds. – Ariel Verber

 The process or mindset you have for when you work different then usual, arose idea’s that might not be from your day to day and also be inspired from concepts you haven’t known before or see a new and unique view point on things you thought were familiar. – Matan Gidnian

The ability to look at things from a different point of view, think outside of the box and create successful & innovative solutions to any existing problem. – Nitzan Gal

Creativity is being different, thinking about something that no one else is thinking about, thinking out of the box. Creativity is creating something new. – Guy Shachar

Thinking outside the box,
Everything is possible, everything.
Be aware to yourself and to your imagination and just let them be. – Ore Gilron

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist”. (Picasso).

Solve problems in a different “level” which they were created”.( Einstein).

Thinking and doing things in a unique way, not the expected one. Thinking outside the box, following your heart, and not limiting yourself to the common way of thinking. – Tal Rechter

I would define creativity as “breaking patterns”. – Eyal Ben Ezra

Creativity for me is to see opportunity in unusual things. It’s the process of creating things differently and thinking out of the box.  – Mor Aldaag

The ability to imagine and create a new reality without being attached to current constraints. – Noam Ackerman

Finding innovative solutions to problems, thinking differently and outside the box, breaking conventions and acting upon them. – May Recanati

For me creativity is to think the unexpected, to think out of the box, not to go with the flow, to give uncommon solutions to simple problems. – Rony Langbord-Golan

Creativity in my opinion is to do something, anything, in a unique way that people haven’t considered before. – Roy Goldschmidt

 “The ability of make new things and the ability of look at something from a new point of view. Connecting things that are not necessarily related to create something new.”  – Yael Barsheshet

Creativity to me is coming up with a solution in a thinking process different from what we’re wired to do – Dror Ishai

The ability to use your imagination in order to create unique, meaningful and valuable ideas. – Peleg Aran 

Creativity is to understand the ‘flow’ of things and find a different way to address a problem and a solution – Gal Sagy

To break exciting ideas and things into parts and create something new to the world with those parts. – Alon Jacobi

For me creativity is the ability to look outside the box and look on ‘obvious’ things differently.- Moshik Tsadok

To see the world in different perspective than all of your surroundings. –

Ofer Shaltiel

“The ability to find different solutions or interpretations in any situation”  – Daniel Silberberg

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