His musical thought was influenced by Henri Bergson and theosophy, and he viewed composers as mediums, writing that "the new composer" was "no longer a 'composer,' but an evoker, a magician.
Seine musikalischen Ideen waren beeinflusst von Henri Bergson und der Theosophie, und er betrachtete Komponisten als Medien, wenn er schrieb, «The new composer is no longer a 'composer', but an evoker, a magician.»