[Tex/LaTex] Add a quote to a blank page centered

Question

I would like to start my thesis with a blank page with a quote of a famous scientist.
I however do not find an elegant way to create the following in a estecially pleasing way (a larger font, stylish quotes).
Key points: Insert blank page with quote centered both vertically and horizontally.

"Quote"
Author 1955

Answer 1

The style chosen will depend heavily on the style you're using for other elements of your document (for example fonts, page layout, sectional units formatting), so it's difficult to produce a "universal solution". Here's one possibility; I chose not to center it vertically but to use the double of space below the quote than the space above it; the width of the \parbox is calculated as the width of the longest line of the quote (stored in the length \longest):

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lmodern}

\newlength\longest

\begin{document}

\clearpage

\thispagestyle{empty}
\null\vfill

\settowidth\longest{\huge\itshape just as his inclination leads him;}
\centering
\parbox{\longest}{%
  \raggedright{\huge\itshape%
   A man ought to read \\ 
  just as his inclination leads him; \\
  for what he reads as a task \\ 
  will do him little good.\par\bigskip
  }   
  \raggedleft\Large\MakeUppercase{Samuel Johnson}\par%
}

\vfill\vfill

\clearpage

\end{document}

babrbara beeton suggested to place the author flush right as it's often used in epigraphs:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lmodern}

\newlength\longest

\begin{document}

\clearpage

\thispagestyle{empty}
\null\vfill

\settowidth\longest{\huge\itshape just as his inclination leads him;}
\centering
\parbox{\longest}{%
  \raggedright{\huge\itshape%
   A man ought to read \\ 
  just as his inclination leads him; \\
  for what he reads as a task \\ 
  will do him little good.\par\bigskip
  }   
  \raggedleft\Large\MakeUppercase{Samuel Johnson}\par%
}

\vfill\vfill

\clearpage

\end{document}