So many job adverts ask for creative people, but on the job creativity is discouraged. Employers want employees to implement the employer's creations.

That said, getting along socially is enormously important. Smart, creative people figure this out. The general impression that to be creative one has to be some sort of social misfit is overblown.

As Piccaso demonstrated, great creativity is born aloft by great mastery. It's not that hard to Get a bad haircut and some outlandish clothing to pose as a creative naughty person.