EDIT: By a comment below, I learned that what I'm asking is: How do I add an epigraph in the beginning of a section?
EDIT: I managed to use the epigraph package. I'm importing it in the LaTeX preable and in my document open a LaTeX red box and write: \epigraph{the quote}{the author}
. It looks pretty much fine.
In LyX, I would like to add a famous
“If you can't solve a problem, then there is an easier problem you can solve: find it.''
George Pólya
I'd like the whole thing to be slightly indented, and name "George Pólya" much more indented. Is there a standard way to do that? I tried the "Quotation" and "Quote" envionment, but they seem to slightly indent the whole paragraph, which is not exactly what I want.
(and, by the way, is this a good practice, or is there another way a quote should look like?)
Best Answer
You can use the
epigraph
package for this. The line width and other things can be customised according to the documentation.Note that if you are using the
memoir
class, it already includes a similar set of macros for epigraphs (in which case, read thememoir
documentation for customisations).