But it takes creativity and imagination to try these things.

Finding and working with the right materials takes creativity.

It takes patience, imagination, creativity, and energy to carry out behavior management.

But in Boston, it took creativity to portray the delegates as being out of the mainstream.

It takes creativity to be a truly good liar.

"I don't want to take creativity out of the mix."

De Bono's special contribution was to take creativity and, for the first time in history, put the subject on a solid basis.

"It will take a little more fine-tuning and creativity to make sites work," she said.

The party may last just one night, but the planning takes increasing amounts of time, and creativity, as the activities grow ever more elaborate.

Experts say it will take creativity to meld the department's disparate fiefs.