Grigori Perelman:

I don't want to be part of the international mathematical community, which has not been fair to me.

— Grigori Perelman Contemporary

Solved Poincare conjecture, refused Fields Medal

Reported by journalist Masha Gessen.

2006

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"I will not accept the prize."

"I'm not a hero of mathematics. I'm not even a mathematician. I'm just a man who knows how to calculate."

"I am not a public person."

"I have my own thoughts, and I don't need anyone to tell me what to do."

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

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