183 Quotes by Tim Berners-Lee

The original idea of the web was that it should be a collaborative space where you can communicate through sharing information.

Half-formed ideas, they float around. They come from different places, and the mind has got this wonderful way of somehow just shoveling them around until one day they fit. They may fit not so well, and then we go for a bike ride or something, and it’s better.

I found myself answering the same questions asked frequently of me by different people. It would be so much easier if everyone could just read my database.

WorldWideWeb: Proposal for a HyperText Project

As more and more people awaken to the threats against our basic rights online, we must start a debate - everywhere - about the web we want.

Innovation is serendipity, so you don't know what people will make.

The ultimate goal of the Web is to support and improve our web-like existence in the world . We clump into family , association, and companies.

The amount of control you have over somebody if you can monitor internet activity is amazing.

Now, if someone tries to monopolize the Web, for example pushes proprietary variations on network protocols, then that would make me unhappy.