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> [I come from an era when we had to figure out how to bolt a camera to a motorcycle or an airplane or dig a hole and find a canyon deep enough to repel into it so that we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dykstra/i-come-from-an-era-when-we-had-to-figure-out-how-to-bolt-a-camera-to/)

[John Dykstra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dykstra/)

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## More by John Dykstra

> [As with sound, images are subjective. You and I may not see the same color red as red, but we will probably agree that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dykstra/as-with-sound-images-are-subjective-you-and-i-may-not-see-the-same/)

[John Dykstra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dykstra/)

> [Because I come from that old-school optics environment, I know stuff about depth of field and camera movement and things that are not necessarily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dykstra/because-i-come-from-that-old-school-optics-environment-i-know-stuff/)

[John Dykstra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dykstra/)

> [I think that era of mechanically figuring out of how to bring a particular evocative image to the screen was a really important part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dykstra/i-think-that-era-of-mechanically-figuring-out-of-how-to-bring-a/)

[John Dykstra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dykstra/)

> [It's an embarrassment of riches because you have directors who don't better. You end up with so much stuff going on the screen that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dykstra/it-s-an-embarrassment-of-riches-because-you-have-directors-who-don-t/)

[John Dykstra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dykstra/)

> [It's easy to create something that has a lot of luster, but it's very hard to make something that has a lot of depth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dykstra/it-s-easy-to-create-something-that-has-a-lot-of-luster-but-it-s-very/)

[John Dykstra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dykstra/)

> [George Lucas wanted this moving camera for all of the photography in Star Wars. He was willing to take a risk with the concepts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dykstra/george-lucas-wanted-this-moving-camera-for-all-of-the-photography-in/)

[John Dykstra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dykstra/)

> [I like engineering, but I love the creative input.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dykstra/i-like-engineering-but-i-love-the-creative-input/)

[John Dykstra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dykstra/)

> [Film, as far as I'm concerned, is my area of artistic endeavor, so I never think of a movie that gets released as being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dykstra/film-as-far-as-i-m-concerned-is-my-area-of-artistic-endeavor-so-i/)

[John Dykstra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dykstra/)

> [If you can imagine it, we can make it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dykstra/if-you-can-imagine-it-we-can-make-it/)

[John Dykstra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dykstra/)

> [Human beings are really attuned to their senses. When you work in film, you are working with the visual and audio senses. An understanding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dykstra/human-beings-are-really-attuned-to-their-senses-when-you-work-in-film/)

[John Dykstra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dykstra/)

> [Once the image was in the digital environment, one of the problems was, we had no means to reproduce the color spectrum, grey scale,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dykstra/once-the-image-was-in-the-digital-environment-one-of-the-problems-was/)

[John Dykstra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dykstra/)

> [I come from an era when we had to figure out how to bolt a camera to a motorcycle or an airplane or dig…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dykstra/i-come-from-an-era-when-we-had-to-figure-out-how-to-bolt-a-camera-to/)

[John Dykstra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dykstra/)

> [In the first Spider-Man, at the end of the movie, Peter Parker had to deny himself a relationship with a girl that he's in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dykstra/in-the-first-spider-man-at-the-end-of-the-movie-peter-parker-had-to/)

[John Dykstra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dykstra/)

> [With the advent of digital imaging I made the transition from trying to figure out how to do things to creating objects, characters and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dykstra/with-the-advent-of-digital-imaging-i-made-the-transition-from-trying/)

[John Dykstra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dykstra/)

> [You had to make a camera look like it's traveling at 300 mph, but you couldn't make it actually travel at 300 mph so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dykstra/you-had-to-make-a-camera-look-like-it-s-traveling-at-300-mph-but-you/)

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