Grigori Perelman

I have my own reasons for not taking the prize. They are personal.

I don't need any more puzzles to solve.

I don't want to be a celebrity.

The money is not important. I have everything I need.

I don't want to be a public figure. I just want to live my life.

I am not interested in the opinions of others. I have my own opinion.

I am not going to comment on anything.

My decision is final. I have made my choice.

I don't need any awards or recognition. My work is enough for me.

I do not want to be on display like an animal in a zoo.

I have learned to calculate voids, together with how to avoid them.

If anybody is interested in my way of solving the problem, it’s all there—let them go and read about it.

I have no interest in talking to journalists.

The main reason is my disagreement with the organized mathematical community. I don't like their decisions, I consider them unfair.

I found out that the American mathematician Richard Hamilton, who published a paper on the geometric analysis of three-manifolds in 1982, and I have found out that he has tried to claim my solution.

I have given up on mathematics. I am not interested in anything else. I have finished.

I don't see anything special in my proof. It's just a proof, nothing else.

I do not think that the mathematical community has the right to decide whether I should accept or reject the prize. I have my own reasons. If my proof is correct, then I don't need any other recognition.

I don't need money. I don't need fame. I don't want to be a mathematical hero. I'm not a hero.

If I had been interested in fame or money, I would have been doing something else.