Tim Berners-Lee

Inventor of the World Wide Web

Contemporary influential 155 sayings

Sayings by Tim Berners-Lee

The web is a fundamental right, like clean water and education.

2019 — Speech at a human rights conference
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The web is not just for the rich; it's for everyone, everywhere.

2018 — Interview on 'Democracy Now!'
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The web is a tool for democracy, and we need to protect it from those who would undermine it.

2019 — Speech at a political forum
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The web is a platform for innovation, and we need to keep it open for new ideas.

2018 — Interview with 'MIT Technology Review'
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I'm still dreaming of a web where everything is linked, where all information is connected.

2019 — Interview with 'The New Yorker'
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The web is a reflection of our values, and we need to ensure those values are positive.

2020 — Speech at a ethical technology summit
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The web is a work in progress, and we are all its architects.

2019 — Closing remarks at a web conference
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I want the web to be a place where everyone can thrive, where everyone can learn, and where everyone can contribute.

2018 — Interview with 'The Atlantic'
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I just had to take the hypertext idea and connect it to the TCP and DNS ideas and—ta-da!—the World Wide Web.

1999 — Interview with TIME Magazine
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The Web does not just connect machines, it connects people.

2007 — Speech at World Wide Web Consortium
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The original idea of the web was that it should be a collaborative space where you can communicate through sharing information.

2009 — Interview with The Guardian
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I was really annoyed when I found out people were using the web to look at pornography.

2007 — Interview with The Telegraph
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The web is more a social creation than a technical one.

1999 — Speech at MIT
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I don’t like the idea of a single company controlling the web.

2017 — Interview with The Guardian
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The web is a tool for humanity, and it should be used for good.

2018 — Speech at Web Foundation
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I wanted the web to be a universal space, but I didn’t expect it to become so commercialized.

2012 — Interview with Wired
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The web should be a place where people can collaborate, not just consume.

2016 — Speech at Web Summit
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I’m not happy with the way the web has developed in some ways.

2019 — Interview with The Guardian
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The web was designed to be decentralized, but it’s becoming more centralized.

2018 — Speech at Solid Conference
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I never thought the web would be used for things like social media.

2019 — Interview with The New York Times
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