 Aderca's own affiliation to the "Sburătorul" circle was loose and his interests more diverse than those of his mentor Lovinescu.Crohmălniceanu, who speaks of Aderca's "fertile agitation", also notes that Aderca divided himself among venues, breaking "countless lances in the name of modernism".Lovinescu himself, reflecting back on the period of "Sburătorist" beginnings, recalled that Aderca acted less as a critic, and more as a militant "theorist of [Aderca's] own aesthetics."