Julian Treasure

Sound is complex; there are many countervailing influences. It can be a bit like a bowl of spaghetti: sometimes you just have to eat it and see what happens.

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.

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

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.

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

If you want to be listened to, the first step is to listen well yourself.

People often mistake our mission at The Sound Agency for a crusade for silence, but actually, silence is in many ways just as bad as too much noise.

In the U.K., architects train for five years, and they spend one day on sound.

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.

Just three minutes a day of silence is a wonderful exercise to reset your ears and to recalibrate so that you can hear the quiet again. If you can't get absolute silence, go for quiet; that's absolutely fine.

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 for your inner voice that helps you write.

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.