周永志老师的字犹如巨石天降，轰然坠地，又似惊鸿乍起，无迹可寻。“近看是一幅字，远看却是一幅画”。“笔势纵横、淋漓痛快。他师古而不泥古，勇于突破前人窠臼，作品中有着强烈的自我意识。落笔重时，如巨石天降，轰然坠地，横幅手卷中甚至一字独霸一行，如一夫当关，势不可当。落笔轻时，又如惊鸿乍起，无迹可寻，达到笔断意连的效果，形成了鲜明的艺术特色。
The calligraphy of Master Zhou Yongzhi is like a massive boulder plummeting from the sky, crashing thunderously to the ground; yet it also resembles a startled swan taking sudden flight, vanishing without a trace. As people remark, “Up close, it is a piece of calligraphy; viewed from afar, it unfolds as a painting.”
His brushwork surges freely and unrestrainedly, bold and unrestrained to the point of sheer exhilaration. He learns from ancient masters yet refuses to be confined by old conventions, daring to break free from the shackles of his predecessors, imbuing every work with a powerful, distinct artistic identity of his own.
When he presses his brush down with heavy force, the strokes evoke a giant rock falling from the heavens, crashing with deafening momentum. In his horizontal handscrolls, a single character sometimes dominates an entire line, standing firm like a lone warrior guarding a pass, with an overwhelming, unstoppable aura. When his brush glides lightly, by contrast, it mirrors a startled swan darting aloft, leaving no discernible trail—achieving the subtle artistic effect of broken brushstrokes yet unbroken artistic conception. This striking contrast has forged his unique signature artistic style.
周永志，1938年出生，浙江东阳人，原金华县教育学会副秘书长，教师三笔字(粉笔、钢笔、毛笔)书法指导师。义乌工商学院金华职业技术学院、金华老年大学外聘书法指导师。
现系《中央美术学院》外聘书法教授、书法博士生导师。中国教育联盟客座教授。中国文化管理协会聘任的书法技师技能鉴定的培训项目专家委员，被中国文联人民出版社授予《功勋艺术家》称号。文旅部艺术发展中心授予《人民艺术家》荣誉称号。
其书作以特点十分明显独特称著。《中国收藏》评其书移法“笔势纵横，淋漓痛快……，有强烈的自我意识，并形成自己鲜明特色。香港书家评论他的字具有“形态美,气势美，意境美”。《艺术与价值》点评周永志书法“大气磅礴，挥洒自如，一时急泻如风雨雷电，一时平静如松生空谷…
题写了《长诚谣》《黄大年》等电影片名，20多幅书作写在景德镇瓷器上烧制成两套“瓷器国礼”、出版了三套珍藏邮册、四套草书挂历。
先后编写了《小学古诗浅析》《金华市读本》两套教材,创作了《赤松黄大仙仙乡新诗词》近40首，先后在《世界美术》《中国书法》《中国书法研究》等权威书法刊物上发表了《在书法创作中贯彻“创造性转变”“创新性发展”的几点思考》《书法形体美、气势美、意境美诌议》等论文。
Zhou Yongzhi, born in 1938 in Dongyang, Zhejiang Province, used to be the Deputy Secretary-General of Jinhua County Education Society and a calligraphy instructor for teachers’ three types of writing (chalk, fountain pen and writing brush). He also served as an external calligraphy instructor at Yiwu Industrial and Commercial College, Jinhua Polytechnic and Jinhua University for the Elderly.
Currently, he is an External Calligraphy Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of Calligraphy at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, as well as a Guest Professor of the China Education Alliance. He holds the position of Expert Committee Member for the calligraphy technician skill appraisal training program appointed by the China Culture Administration Association. He was awarded the title of Meritorious Artist by People’s Publishing House of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and the honorary title of People’s Artist by the Art Development Center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
His calligraphy works are renowned for their distinct and unique characteristics. China Collection commented that his calligraphy style is "vigorous and free-flowing in brush strokes, bold and unrestrained... with a strong sense of self-awareness and a distinct personal style". Hong Kong calligraphers praised his characters for embodying "formal beauty, momentum beauty and artistic conception beauty". Art and Value commented on Zhou Yongzhi’s calligraphy: "It is magnificent and freely executed; at times, it cascades like wind, rain, thunder and lightning, and at other times, it is as serene as pines standing in an empty valley..."
He inscribed the titles of films such as The Great Wall Ballad and Huang Danian. More than 20 of his calligraphy works were painted on Jingdezhen porcelain and fired into two sets of porcelain national gifts. He has published three sets of collectible stamp albums and four sets of cursive calligraphy wall calendars.
He has compiled two sets of teaching materials: An Analysis of Ancient Poems for Primary Schools and Jinhua Reader. He has created nearly 40 poems in New Poems about Chisong and the Hometown of Immortal Huang Daxian. He has successively published papers including Some Thoughts on Implementing "Creative Transformation" and "Innovative Development" in Calligraphy Creation and A Discussion on the Formal Beauty, Momentum Beauty and Artistic Conception Beauty of Calligraphy in authoritative calligraphy journals such as World Fine Arts, Chinese Calligraphy and Chinese Calligraphy Research.
