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> [Great artists are products of their own time: they do not spring forth fully equipped from the head of Jove, but are formed by the circumstances acting upon them since birth. These circumstances include the ambiance created by the other,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/germaine-greer/great-artists-are-products-of-their-own-time-they-do-not-spring-forth/)

[Germaine Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/germaine-greer/)

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## More by Germaine Greer

> [You're only young once, but you can be immature forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/germaine-greer/you-re-only-young-once-but-you-can-be-immature-forever/)

[Germaine Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/germaine-greer/)

> [Is it too much to ask that women be spared the daily struggle for superhuman beauty in order to offer it to the caresses…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/germaine-greer/is-it-too-much-to-ask-that-women-be-spared-the-daily-struggle-for/)

[Germaine Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/germaine-greer/)

> [“Female castration results in concentration of her feelings upon her male companion, and her impotence in confrontations with her own kind. Because all her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/germaine-greer/female-castration-results-in-concentration-of-her-feelings-upon-her/)

[Germaine Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/germaine-greer/)

> [Women have been charged with deviousness and duplicity since the dawn of civilization so they have never been able to pretend that their masks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/germaine-greer/women-have-been-charged-with-deviousness-and-duplicity-since-the-dawn/)

[Germaine Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/germaine-greer/)

> [“Psychologists cannot fix the world so they fix women.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/germaine-greer/psychologists-cannot-fix-the-world-so-they-fix-women/)

[Germaine Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/germaine-greer/)

> [Bras are a ludicrous invention; but if you make bralessness a rule, you're just subjecting yourself to yet another repression.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/germaine-greer/bras-are-a-ludicrous-invention-but-if-you-make-bralessness-a-rule-you/)

[Germaine Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/germaine-greer/)

> [The essence of pleasure is spontaneity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/germaine-greer/the-essence-of-pleasure-is-spontaneity/)

[Germaine Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/germaine-greer/)

> [If a person loves only one other person, and is indifferent to his fellow men, his love is not love but a symbiotic attachment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/germaine-greer/if-a-person-loves-only-one-other-person-and-is-indifferent-to-his/)

[Germaine Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/germaine-greer/)

> [Gillard is as likeable as Rudd is charmless. She is self-deprecating; he is ludicrously vainglorious. She is a mistress of understatement; he is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/germaine-greer/gillard-is-as-likeable-as-rudd-is-charmless-she-is-self-deprecating/)

[Germaine Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/germaine-greer/)

> [“Liberty is terrifying but it is also exhilarating.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/germaine-greer/liberty-is-terrifying-but-it-is-also-exhilarating/)

[Germaine Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/germaine-greer/)

> [It is often falsely assumed, even by feminists, that sexuality is the enemy of the female who really wants to develop these aspects of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/germaine-greer/it-is-often-falsely-assumed-even-by-feminists-that-sexuality-is-the/)

[Germaine Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/germaine-greer/)

> [Women who were housewives, who were pretty miserable ... felt inspired by her book and their life changed. They didn't become megastars, but they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/germaine-greer/women-who-were-housewives-who-were-pretty-miserable-felt-inspired-by/)

[Germaine Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/germaine-greer/)

> [It is in our interests to let the police and their employers go on believing that the Underground is a conspiracy, because it increases…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/germaine-greer/it-is-in-our-interests-to-let-the-police-and-their-employers-go-on/)

[Germaine Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/germaine-greer/)

> [Rescuing women from their burden of unwarranted guilt is going to require 'educational practices and socializing agents' even more effective than the ones that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/germaine-greer/rescuing-women-from-their-burden-of-unwarranted-guilt-is-going-to/)

[Germaine Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/germaine-greer/)

> [Men have still not realized that letting women do so much of the work for so little reward makes a man in the house…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/germaine-greer/men-have-still-not-realized-that-letting-women-do-so-much-of-the-work/)

[Germaine Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/germaine-greer/)

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