A quotation or quote is the repetition of one expression as part of another one, particularly when the quoted expression is well-known or explicitly attributed by citation to its original source, and it is indicated by (punctuated with) quotation marks.
A quotation can also refer to the repeated use of units of any other form of expression, especially parts of artistic works: elements of a painting, scenes from a movie or sections from a musical composition.
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Famous quotes containing the word quotation:
“It is an old error of man to forget to put quotation marks where he borrows from a womans brain!”
—Anna Garlin Spencer (18511931)
“Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.”
—Samuel Johnson (17091784)
“In the theater, while you recognized that you were looking at a house, it was a house in quotation marks. On screen, the quotation marks tend to be blotted out by the camera.”
—Arthur Miller (b. 1915)