60 Quotes by Ted Nelson

So, the point was to be able to have a medium that would record all the connections and all the structures and all the thoughts that paper could not. Since the computer could hold any structure in any form, this was the way to go.

The point is that you could structure this arbitrary information in any way. Well, given that, now we can write text that can go in all directions.

The only ones those certifications are recognized by are the associations who give them.

I want to create, however, a new breed, a new kind of computer system that is much simpler that allows kids to programme once again.

I never saw a computer during that course, I merely looked at the catalogues and the magazines and here was a picture showing a map on a screen.

Telling computer guys that they need to have permission to quote things is like having to tell little children about Death.

The Web is trivially simple - massively successful and its like Karaoke - anybody can do it.

You can and must understand computers NOW.

Everything is deeply intertwingled.