Did Grigori Perelman really say 'I have my own thoughts, and I don't need anyone to tell me what to do.'?

Grigori Perelman Quote Source & Citation:

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

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

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"I don't need anything from them."

"I'm not going to be a part of their circus."

"I have no comment."

"I am not interested in the opinions of the mathematical establishment."

"I just want to be left alone."

Reported by a Russian journalist.

Date: 2000s

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