Top 81 Quotes & Sayings by Julian Treasure - Page 2

I often go into shops and ask them to turn the music down.

This devaluing of listening is handed down from generation to generation. There are many children who don't have the experience of being listened to by their parents.

Someone else's paper is fascinating until you buy it yourself. Then it loses its appeal, and you have to pass it on to someone else to reinvigorate it.

I have visited a number of boutique hotels where you feel there is a little bit of self-indulgence going on.

When you hear a child's voice, it will have that immediate effect of putting you in mind of looking after children.

Noise is the number one problem in modern offices. A big part of addressing this issue is making sure unwanted sound from adjacent spaces doesn't intrude or interfere.

My dream is to make the world sound better, but the only way to do that is to let businesses see that there is profit in it.

Sound changes moods, yet most of the sound around us is unplanned.

There's a little bit of protocol in the real world which is quite important. If you speak to me, we understand that we've entered into a social contract. But sound that you haven't given permission to receive is noise, and generally unwelcome.

It's an interesting door opening, this use of sonic signalling - using sound to alert us in a more subtle way than a beep.

I think it's pretty pointless, my children learning to use a keyboard - we will just talk to our computers. Why would we not?

Most of us walk around with our ears switched off because so much noise is unpleasant.

It's time architects start designing for our ears as well as our eyes.

If we teach our children how to listen properly to the world - and especially to each other - they will understand the consequences of their own sound and be far more responsible in making it.

Retailers don't think about why they have music. There are a number of issues. It can be very powerful in the right place, where it is played appropriately.

As parents, we tend to be in Tell rather than Listen mode.

By starting to pay attention to our natural soundscapes, businesses can reduce staff turnover, increase productivity, and increase profits.

Without our natural soundscape, we are making ourselves tired, stressed, and frightened all at the same time.

I love reading other people's papers on the Tube.

Unlike so many other sounds, there's no maximum exposure to birdsong.

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.