We should work toward a universal linked information system, in which generality and portability are more important than fancy graphics techniques and complex extra facilities.

I should be able to pick which applications I use for managing my life, I should be able to pick which content I look at, and I should be able to pick which device I use, which company I use for supplying my internet, and I'd like those to be independent choices.

[The internet] ought to be like clay, rather than a sculpture that you observe from a distance.

Forming of a web of information nodes rather than a hierarchical tree or an ordered list is the basic concept behind HyperText.

The more you enter, the more you become locked in. Your social-networking site becomes a central platform - a closed silo of content, and one that does not give you full control over your information in it. The more this kind of architecture gains widespread use, the more the Web becomes fragmented, and the less we enjoy a single, universal information space.

It’s the whole cat and mouse game between the readers and writers that makes the web work.

It's possible to live without the Web. It's not possible to live without water. But if you've got water, then the difference between somebody who is connected to the Web and is part of the information society, and someone who (is not) is growing bigger and bigger.