What are the traits in creative individuals and what influences these traits?

We find creative people to possess great amount of curiosity and openness on the one hand, and an almost obsessive perseverance on the other. Biological inheritance is a possibility, however what clearly come out is that early background has a significant effect on individuals. Interest and curiosity tend to be simulated by positive experiences with family, by a supportive emotional environment, by a rich cultural heritage, by exposure to many opportunities, and by high expectations.

In contrast, perseverance seems to be developing as a response to a precarious emotional environment, a dysfunctional family, solitude, a feeling of rejection and marginality. Most people experience either one or the other of these early environments, but not both of them. (Excerpts from Creativity, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi)