Wang Yao-ting, head of painting and calligraphy at the National Palace Museum, has special praise for Chou's paintings: "He uses the brush to 'create atmosphere' in the manner that Qing-dynasty scholar Cha Shipiao described: 'Hills and valleys look for what Heaven and Earth have; but brush and ink look for what Heaven and Earth lack.'
故宮博物院書畫處處長王耀庭，對周澄的畫有獨到的賞析：「周澄筆下的『造境』，就如清人查士標所說，『丘壑求天地之所有，筆墨求天地之所無』。