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Alas, but then there is also that most distinguished honor in mathematics: The Grigori Perleman Award.

"...On 18 March 2010, it was announced that he had met the criteria to the first Clay Millennium Prize for resolution of the Poincaré conjecture. On 1 July 2010, he turned down the prize of one million dollars. He additionally turned down the prestigious prize of the European Mathematical Society.

"I'm not interested in money or fame; I don't want to be on display like an animal in a zoo."

--Grigori Perleman

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Perelman

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The Puzzling Case of Grigori Perelman

“As long as I was not conspicuous, I had a choice. Either to make some ugly thing or, if I didn’t do this kind of thing, to be treated as a pet. Now when I become a very conspicuous person, I cannot stay a pet and say nothing. That is why I had to quit.”

http://nautil.us/blog/purest-of-the-purists-the-puzzling-cas...