The trouble with listening is that so much of what we hear is noise, surrounding us all the time. — Julian Treasure Communication Copy Share Image
We're designing environments that make us crazy. And it's not just our quality of life which suffers. It's our health, our social… — Julian Treasure Behavior Copy Share Image
Sound in a space affects us profoundly. It changes our heart rate, breathing, hormone secretion, brain waves. It affects our emotions and… — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
I've heard many reports of police attending scenes of domestic violence where they've had to turn off music and televisions and radios.… — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
When you hear a child's voice, it will have that immediate effect of putting you in mind of looking after children. — Julian Treasure Child Copy Share Image
We vote for politicians with lower voices, it's true, because we associate depth with power and with authority. — Julian Treasure Authority Copy Share Image
I have visited a number of boutique hotels where you feel there is a little bit of self-indulgence going on. — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
By starting to pay attention to our natural soundscapes, businesses can reduce staff turnover, increase productivity, and increase profits. — Julian Treasure Attention Copy Share Image
My mother, in the last years of her life, became very negative, and it's hard to listen. I remember one day, I… — Julian Treasure Day Copy Share Image
A sonic logo on its own isn't going to do very much. We get frustrated with smaller brands who come to us… — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
Most people think it's a linear relationship: I speak, you listen. Actually, it's a circle, because the way you listen affects how… — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
Men tend to listen in what I call a reductive way, which is to say for a point, for a solution. You… — Julian Treasure Communication Copy Share Image
People find birdsong relaxing and reassuring because over thousands of years, they have learnt when the birds sing, they are safe; it's… — Julian Treasure Bird Copy Share Image
In a room full of 60 to 70 people which is open plan and absolutely quiet, it's very intimidating to make a… — Julian Treasure People Copy Share Image
Just three minutes a day of silence is a wonderful exercise to reset your ears and to recalibrate so that you can… — Julian Treasure Day Copy Share Image
Every individual's listening is as unique as his or her fingerprints because we all listen through filters that develop from our personal… — Julian Treasure Communication Copy Share Image
There's a lot of research now showing that noise, and the lack of quiet working space, is one of the biggest issues… — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
We move through soundscapes all the time, and most of them are accidental - a by-product. Most retail soundscapes are accidental, incongruent… — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
If we're not listened to, then that doesn't create a desire inside us to listen to others. Societally, we don't value it. — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
It's an interesting door opening, this use of sonic signalling - using sound to alert us in a more subtle way than… — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
Without our natural soundscape, we are making ourselves tired, stressed, and frightened all at the same time. — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
This devaluing of listening is handed down from generation to generation. There are many children who don't have the experience of being… — Julian Treasure Being Copy Share Image
I would suggest that our listening is the main way that we experience the flow of time from past to future. — Julian Treasure Communication Copy Share Image
Music is made to be listened to, so you immediately have an issue where you're playing it in the background like wallpaper.… — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
We experience every space in five senses, so it's strange that architects design just for the eyes. — Julian Treasure Architecture Copy Share Image
You can detect a hostile listening or a bored listening or a tired listening or an excited and engaged listening. — Julian Treasure Bored Copy Share Image
We have the capacity for about 1.6 human conversations, so if you're listening to one conversation particularly, you're only left with 0.6… — Julian Treasure Communication Copy Share Image
The Hindus say, 'Nada brahma,' one translation of which is, 'The world is sound.' And in a way, that's true, because everything… — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
My dream is to make the world sound better, but the only way to do that is to let businesses see that… — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
Listening is an activity. It's not passive. We are creating the world by listening all the time. — Julian Treasure Communication Copy Share Image
Some of my best friends are architects. And they definitely do have ears. But I think sometimes they don't use them when… — Julian Treasure Architecture Copy Share Image
Noise is the number one problem in modern offices. A big part of addressing this issue is making sure unwanted sound from… — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
There's a little bit of protocol in the real world which is quite important. If you speak to me, we understand that… — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
You are one-third as productive in open-plan offices as in quiet rooms. I have a tip for you: if you work in… — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
Let's define listening as making meaning from sound. It's a mental process, and it's a process of extraction. We use some pretty… — Julian Treasure Communication Copy Share Image
Music is designed to be listened to, so it's calling for attention all the time, syphoning off our very limited auditory bandwidth… — Julian Treasure Attention Copy Share Image
It's dangerous to generalise about sound because many of its effects work through association. These can be universal: we all instinctively associate… — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
It would be some sort of shock horror story if a child left school unable to read or write. But we do… — Julian Treasure Children Copy Share Image
If we teach our children how to listen properly to the world - and especially to each other - they will understand… — Julian Treasure Children Copy Share Image
You or I never buy an Intel product explicitly, and yet their sonic logo is far better known and more powerful than… — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
