Tim Berners-Lee Quotes & Sayings

“There was a time when people felt the internet was another world, but now people realise it's a tool that we use in this world.”

“The Web as I envisaged it, we have not seen it yet. The future is still so much bigger than the past.”

“We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges.”

“You affect the world by what you browse.”

“Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the systems themselves.”

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

“Intellectual property is an important legal and cultural issue. Society as a whole has complex issues to face here: private ownership vs. open source, and so on.”

“One of the things I like about the computer that I use is that I can write a program on it or I can download a program on to it and run it. That's kind of important to me, and that's also kind of important to the whole future of the internet... obviously a closed platform is a serious brake on innovation.”

“Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design.”

“The world's urban poor and the illiterate are going to be increasingly disadvantaged and are in danger of being left behind. The web has added a new dimension to the gap between the first world and the developing world. We have to start talking about a human right to connect.”