Author: Julian Treasure

Quotes

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 behavior, and our productivity as well.

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 behavior, and our productivity as well.

- Julian Treasure

We spend all our time teaching reading and writing. We spend absolutely no time at all, in most schools, teaching either speaking or, more importantly still, listening.

We spend all our time teaching reading and writing. We spend absolutely no time at all, in most schools, teaching either speaking or, more importantly still, listening.

- Julian Treasure

If you're surrounded by noise all the time, it has a pretty bad effect on the spirit.

If you're surrounded by noise all the time, it has a pretty bad effect on the spirit.

- Julian Treasure

There are just huge benefits to come from designing for the ears in our health care.

There are just huge benefits to come from designing for the ears in our health care.

- Julian Treasure

Some of my best friends are architects. And they definitely do have ears. But I think sometimes they don't use them when they're designing buildings.

Some of my best friends are architects. And they definitely do have ears. But I think sometimes they don't use them when they're designing buildings.

- Julian Treasure

Sound in a space affects us profoundly. It changes our heart rate, breathing, hormone secretion, brain waves. It affects our emotions and our cognition.

Sound in a space affects us profoundly. It changes our heart rate, breathing, hormone secretion, brain waves. It affects our emotions and our cognition.

- Julian Treasure

Listening is an activity. It's not passive. We are creating the world by listening all the time.

Listening is an activity. It's not passive. We are creating the world by listening all the time.

- Julian Treasure

Music is the most powerful sound there is, often inappropriately deployed. It's powerful for two reasons: you recognize it fast, and you associate it very powerfully.

Music is the most powerful sound there is, often inappropriately deployed. It's powerful for two reasons: you recognize it fast, and you associate it very powerfully.

- Julian Treasure

All of our physical rhythms are being affected by sound outside us all the time.

All of our physical rhythms are being affected by sound outside us all the time.

- Julian Treasure

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