Tim Berners-Lee

idea web colloborative space communicate information

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

― Tim Berners-Lee

web humanity create

"The goal of the Web is to serve humanity. We build it now so that those who come to it later will be able to create things that we cannot ourselves imagine."

― Tim Berners-Lee

web connect machines people

"The Web does not just connect machines, it connects people."

― Tim Berners-Lee

web social creation technical work cooperate toy

"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 technical toy."

― Tim Berners-Lee

innovation serendipity

"Innovation is serendipity, so you don't know what people will make."

― Tim Berners-Lee

divrsity thought challenge

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

― Tim Berners-Lee

concept web universal readership

"The concept of the Web is of universal readership."

― Tim Berners-Lee

WWW Wirld wide Web link page information space network

"The story of the growth of the World Wide Web can be measured by the number of Web pages that are published and the number of links between pages. The Web's ability to allow people to forge links is why we refer to it as an abstract information space, rather than simply a network."

― Tim Berners-Lee