Quotes by Tim Berners-Lee

“We could say we want the Web to reflect a vision of the world where everything is done democratically. To do that, we get computers to talk with each other in such a way as to promote that ideal.”

“The Semantic Web is not a separate Web but an extension of the current one, in which information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation.”

“Sites need to be able to interact in one single, universal space.”

“Celebrity damages private life.”

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

“It's amazing how quickly people on the internet can pick something up, but it's also amazing how quickly they can drop it.”

“The Google algorithm was a significant development. I've had thank-you emails from people whose lives have been saved by information on a medical website or who have found the love of their life on...”

“When something is such a creative medium as the web, the limits to it are our imagination.”

“You affect the world by what you browse.”

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

“We can't blame the technology when we make mistakes.”

“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 i...”

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

“Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch.”

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

“I hope we will use the Net to cross barriers and connect cultures.”

“We should work toward a universal linked information system, in which generality and portability are more important than fancy graphics techniques and complex extra facilities. The aim would be to ...”

“This project is experimental and of course comes without any warranty whatsoever. However, it could start a revolution in information access.”

“An [hypertext] encyclopaedia will be an overall attempt by the knowledgeable, the learned societies or anyone else, to represent the state-of-the-art in their field. An encyclopaedia will be a livi...”