Grigori Perelman Quotes

• Emptiness is everywhere and it can be calculated, which gives us a great opportunity. I know how to control the universe. So tell me, why should I run for a million?

  Grigori Perelman

  Running, Opportunity, Giving

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• It is not people who break ethical standards who are regarded as aliens. It is people like me who are isolated.

  Grigori Perelman

  Ethical Standards, People, Aliens

  "TIL a Russian mathematician solved a 100 year old math problem. He declined the Fields medal, $1 million in awards, and later retired from math because he hated the recognition the math community gives to people who prove things", rebrn.com.

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• Everybody understood that if the proof is correct then no other recognition is needed.

  Grigori Perelman

  Recognition, Proof, Needed

  "Manifold Destiny". Interview with Sylvia Nasar and David Gruber, www.newyorker.com. August 28, 2006.

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• If they need my C.V., they don’t know my work.

  Grigori Perelman

  Needs, Knows, Ifs

  "Manifold destiny" by Sylvia Nasar and David Gruber, www.newyorker.com. August 28, 2006.

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• I know how to control the Universe. Why would I run to get a million, tell me?

  Grigori Perelman

  Running, Know How, Knows

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• I don’t want to be on display like an animal in a zoo.

  Grigori Perelman

  Zoos, Animal, Want

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• It is people like me who are isolated.

  Grigori Perelman

  People, Isolated, Like Me

  "Manifold Destiny". www.newyorker.com. August 28, 2006.

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