Tim Berners-Lee

The Web is more a social creation than a technical one. I designed it for a social effect — to help people work together — and not as a technological toy. The ultimate goal of the Web is to support and improve our weblike existence in the world.

I was very much into the idea of a universal workspace, where any information could be linked to any other information. This was an idea I had from when I was a kid, really. I was playing with trains and thinking about how to connect things.

The original idea of the web was that it should be a collaborative space where you can communicate and share knowledge. It wasn't meant to be a read-only medium. It was meant to be a read-write medium.

The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.

If you put everything on the web, then the world will be a better place. You will be a better person.

The web is not just for looking up information. It's for connecting people, collaborating, and creating new things.

I actually thought for a while that the internet would just be for physicists. Then I realized it could be for everybody.

The web is a platform for humanity, and we need to fight for it.

I didn't invent the internet. I invented the World Wide Web. The internet was already there.

The web should be able to link to anything. You should be able to link to a picture, a video, a sound, a document. Anything.

The future of the web is decentralized. It's about giving control back to the users.

I don't think I'm a visionary. I just saw a problem and tried to solve it.

The web is a reflection of humanity, and humanity is messy.

The most important thing for the web is to remain open and royalty-free.

I regret that I put two slashes in the URL. It was unnecessary.

The web is for everybody. That's why it's called the World Wide Web.

The biggest challenge for the web is to keep it neutral and fair.

I'm not interested in making money from the web. I'm interested in making it work for everyone.

The web is a mirror of us. We have to make sure it reflects our best qualities.

The web was designed to be a universal space of information, not a collection of walled gardens.