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
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 Back 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
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
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
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 Background 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
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
Your ears are always on - you have no ear lids. They work even when you sleep. — Julian Treasure Always 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
If you want to be listened to, the first step is to listen well yourself. — Julian Treasure Communication 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 Noise Copy Share Image
It's time architects start designing for our ears as well as our eyes. — Julian Treasure Architecture 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
Unlike so many other sounds, there's no maximum exposure to birdsong. — Julian Treasure Exposure 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 Circle 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 Gift 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
My dream is to make the world sound better, but the only way to do that is to let businesses see that… — Julian Treasure Better 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
Not even a woman cannot understand two people talking at the same time. — 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