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.

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

It was the academic community who wired up their universities so it was put together by smart, well-meaning people who thought it was a good idea.

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

[With AI] Somebody's going to have to think of a completely new algorithm, a new way of doing goal-based planning.

If I had taken a proprietary control of the Web, then it would never have taken off. People only committed their time to it because they knew it was open, shared: that they could help decide what would happen to it next.. and I wouldn't be raking off 10%!

I hope we will use the Net to cross barriers and connect cultures.