Yu Kwang-chung, in his essay, "The Starting Point of a New Modern Chinese Poetry" recognized Lo as "a challenging new figure." Art critic Ch'u Ko pointed out that Lo is the starting point of a modern Chinese scholar painting.
詩人余光中在「新現代詩的起點」一文中盛讚羅青；藝評家楚戈亦稱羅青為中國現代文人畫的新起點。