tl;dr version
I believe that when you boil everything down to its essence, creativity stems from the following trait: the ability to see connections between things that others do not.
I thought this was obvious. I figured it out quite young. dumb people think linearly, smart people think in spiderwebs.
That both oversimplifies his points and bypasses the interesting thought process behind them. It also cuts out the 10 tips at the bottom, a few of which are really useful insights or reminders, depending on your previous reading on this subject.
most of his tips aren't all that useful. consider #1 "using randomness" what he's actually talking about is using constraints to your advantage. Humans often have problems getting anything done with a blank sheet, they need rules to try to get around or work with. But he doesn't mention this.
I thought this was obvious. I figured it out quite young. dumb people think linearly, smart people think in spiderwebs.