Jerry Saltz

Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era,' the Whitney Museum's 40th-anniversary trip down counterculture memory lane, provides moments of buzzy fun, but it'll leave you only comfortably numb. For starters, it may be the whitest, straightest, most conservative show seen in a New York museum since psychedelia was new.

American Critic

Rick Riordan

When I was young, my favorite picture book was 'Fletcher and Zenobia,' written by Edward Gorey and illustrated by Victoria Chess. It's long out of print now, but its mix of macabre humor and 1960s psychedelia made it a perfect children's book for the times.

American Author

Cody Simpson

I conceived of a concept, a project, a band. The Tide. The Tide, acting as a sonic exemplar of flow and fluidity. The way of things. The way of nature. Guitars, rock and surf music, psychedelia, transcendence from everyday bourgeois consciousness.

Australian Musician

Cindy Wilson

Tame Impala and I love the psychedelia. To me, it sounds like Blind Faith and old bands from back in the freak days. It just hit a nerve to me. I was just really feeling that sound.

American Musician

Edward Ruscha

The difference between psychedelia and digitalia ages will seem like a smooth blending in years to come and will be a mere blip on the screen.

American Artist

Rain Phoenix

If I were to make an uneducated guess about L.A.'s relationship with folk and psychedelia, I would say it must be the weather.

American Actress

Demis Roussos

I'm like a painter who has had his different periods: jazz, soul, pop, psychedelia, varietes.

Greek Musician

Psychedelia often refers to the music that emerged during the 1960s' counterculture movement.

Musical Genre

The term evokes the era's drug influence on music, but isn't necessarily about promoting drug use today.

Drug Connotations

Psychedelia is associated with creativity, surrealism, and non-traditional song structures.

Creative Expression

Psychedelia is used for more than music, including visual arts that mimic a psychedelic experience.

Beyond Music

Psychedelia also refers to the broader cultural movement of the 60s that valued peace and love.

Cultural Movement

Characterized by bright colors, swirling patterns, and abstract imagery in art and films.