I don't mind being, in the public context, referred to as the inventor of the World Wide Web. What I like is that image to be separate from private life, because celebrity damages private life.

It's time to recognise the internet as a basic human right. That means guaranteeing affordable access for all, ensuring internet packets are delivered without commercial or political discrimination, and protecting the privacy and freedom of web users regardless of where they live.

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

A hacker to me is someone creative who does wonderful things.

It was really hard explaining the Web before people just got used to it because they didn't even have words like click and jump and page.

The most important thing that was new was the idea of URI-or URL, that any piece of information anywhere should have an identifier, which will allow you to get hold of it.

The concept of the Web is of universal readership.