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The progress of human civilization throughout history has been greatly influenced by the presence of remarkable geniuses. Newton, Beethoven, and Van Gogh are among the greatest geniuses in human history, known for their profound knowledge, innovation, and aesthetic masterpieces. One intriguing question is what made them extraordinary and gave them their drive to innovate. One obvious answer is creativity []. For innovation [] and generating new knowledge [], creativity is a fundamental resource that has been found to be largely influenced by personality [, ]. As such, studying creative personalities may help to elucidate the drivers of innovation. Although many studies have examined the creativity of geniuses, it has become clear that many of the processes underlying creativity can also be tested in general samples, as creativity is considered to be a continuum. Accordingly, in the present study, we will elucidate the creativity-personality relationship in general samples using the perspective of a General Factor of Personality []: A factor that comprises the shared variance of lower-order personality dimensions such as the Big Five and mostly captures the socially desirable ends of behavior. By doing so, we aim to provide a more comprehensive and parsimonious understanding of the link between personality and creativity. Creativity is a complex psychological phenomenon, of which there are over fifty different definitions in the literature. One commonly used definition is that “Creativity is the interaction among by which an individual or group produces a that is both as defined within a .” [] p.90, original italics). To generate creativity, there are six putative resources: personality, intelligence, knowledge, intellectual style, motivation, and environment. Among those resources, personality was thought to be a crucial one, which not only underlies creative potential [] but also contributes to the realization of creative potential []. Since Guilford's [] seminal work on , large numbers of studies on creative personality have been published. Many personality characteristics of creative individuals have been identified, such as high valuation of aesthetic qualities, broad interests, attraction to complexity, high energy, independence of judgment, activeness, alertness, ambition, argumentativeness, artistic expression, and assertiveness, etc. [, ]. However, to systematically reduce the number of creative personality characteristics, the majority of studies on creative personality have used the influential Big Five personality model [, ].