Some notable counterexamples - Wallace Stevens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Stevens http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Stevens) and Albert Einstein's

Some notable counterexamples - Wallace Stevens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Stevens http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Stevens) and Albert Einstein's time in the swiss patent office. Creativity is often defined by constraints, like lack of time. Though my experience tends to agree with yours.