Did Grigori Perelman really say 'I don't think anything I say can be of the slightest interest to the general pub...'?

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I don't think anything I say can be of the slightest interest to the general public.

— Grigori Perelman Contemporary · Solved Poincare conjecture, refused Fields Medal

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"I have no comment."

"I don't want to be a celebrity."

"The public is not capable of understanding my work."

"I will not accept the prize."

"I am not interested in public recognition."

Reported by journalist Masha Gessen.

Date: 2006

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