In the U.K., architects train for five years, and they spend one day on sound. — Julian Treasure Architects Copy Share Image
Unlike so many other sounds, there's no maximum exposure to birdsong. — Julian Treasure Exposure Copy Share Image
Your ears are always on - you have no ear lids. They work even when you sleep. — Julian Treasure Always Copy Share Image
If you want to be listened to, the first step is to listen well yourself. — Julian Treasure Communication Copy Share Image
Not even a woman cannot understand two people talking at the same time. — Julian Treasure People Copy Share Image
Someone else's paper is fascinating until you buy it yourself. Then it loses its appeal, and you have to pass it on… — Julian Treasure Appeal Copy Share Image
People often mistake our mission at The Sound Agency for a crusade for silence, but actually, silence is in many ways just… — Julian Treasure Bad Copy Share Image
I think it's pretty pointless, my children learning to use a keyboard - we will just talk to our computers. Why would… — Julian Treasure Children Copy Share Image
Sound affects us physiologically, psychologically, cognitively, and behaviorally all the time. The sound around us is affecting us even though we're not… — Julian Treasure Around Copy Share Image
For the great speakers, it's all about the audience. And the feeling they have is that they're giving a gift, of maybe… — Julian Treasure Audience Copy Share Image
Retailers don't think about why they have music. There are a number of issues. It can be very powerful in the right… — Julian Treasure Music Copy Share Image
If you put music on top of noise, it's like putting icing on top of mud; it might look like a cake,… — Julian Treasure Cake Copy Share Image
We spend all our time teaching reading and writing. We spend absolutely no time at all, in most schools, teaching either speaking… — Julian Treasure Education 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 Come Copy Share Image
The need to be right can arise from a fear of being disrespected. Or it may come out of the fear of… — Julian Treasure Come 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
Sadly, piped music in so many public spaces is often just more noise. Rarely is it carefully designed to enhance our experience;… — Julian Treasure Experience Copy Share Image
If you're listening consciously, you can take control of the sound around you. It's good for your health and for your productivity.… — Julian Treasure Communication Copy Share Image
Conscious listening is very largely overlooked in the mainstream of education. It's such an important skill in life. And yet we expect… — Julian Treasure Communication 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
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
Most of us walk around with our ears switched off because so much noise is unpleasant. — Julian Treasure Around Copy Share Image
Sound changes moods, yet most of the sound around us is unplanned. — Julian Treasure Around Copy Share Image
There are just huge benefits to come from designing for the ears in our health care. — Julian Treasure Care Copy Share Image
It's time architects start designing for our ears as well as our eyes. — Julian Treasure Architects Copy Share Image
If you're surrounded by noise all the time, it has a pretty bad effect on the spirit. — Julian Treasure Bad 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 Feel 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
Sound in a space affects us profoundly. It changes our heart rate, breathing, hormone secretion, brain waves. It affects our emotions and… — Julian Treasure Affects 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 Crazy Copy Share Image
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
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
We move through soundscapes all the time, and most of them are accidental - a by-product. Most retail soundscapes are accidental, incongruent… — Julian Treasure Accidental 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
