Tim Berners-Lee

"The Web as I envisaged it, we have not seen it yet. The first condition for its success is that it should be utterly simple."

"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."

"The most important thing is the message. The technology is secondary."

"I just had to take the idea of the Web and make it happened."

"The dream behind the Web is of a common information space in which we communicate by sharing information."

"We can't blame the technology when the real problem is that we're not publishing the right content."

"The Web is more a social creation than a technical one."

"When you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to make them fast."

"Some people only ask others to do things. I believe that, ideally, I should do things myself."

"The decision to make the Web resources universally available was either brilliant or stupid."

"I have always been driven by the desire to understand how things work."

"Web surfing is a lonely activity."

"The web is an invention which I expect to be socially revolutionary."

"You affect the world by what you browse."

"If you share knowledge, you are enabling others."

"The ultimate goal of the Web is to support and improve our webness as humans."

"I wanted the information to be accessible to anyone."

"Being a physicist, I was drawn to questions about the nature of reality."

"A new level of abstraction was needed."

"I had to invent the Web to make it work."

"The principal of universality is essential."

"Anyone can publish anything, and in doing so, we create endless possibilities."

"The power of the Web lies in its universal connectivity."

"We need to rethink what we mean by knowledge."

"Working across cultures means having respect."

"The web is really about people."

"I was motivated by wanting to solve a problem I had."

"The greatest dangers are invisibilities."

"Information is power, and access to information is fundamental."

"I had no idea the Web would become what it is."