Source: Quality Control: Principles, Practice, and Administration. 1951, p. vii; Preface: lead paragraph
“In the phrase "quality control" the word quality does not have the popular meaning of "best" in any absolute sense. It means "best for certain customer conditions." These conditions are (a) the actual use and (b) the selling price of the product. Product quality cannot be thought of apart from product cost.”
Source: Quality Control: Principles, Practice, and Administration. 1951, p. 1
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Total Quality Control, 1983

Source: Out Of The Crisis (1982), p. 23 (Point 5 from the "Condensation of the 14 Points for Management" presented in Chapter 2)
Variant: Product quality can then be defined as: The composite product characteristics of engineering and manufacturing that determine the degree to which the product, in use, will meet the expectations of the customer.
Source: Total Quality Control, 1983, p. 7

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“Quality comes not from inspection, but from improvement of the production process.”
Source: Out Of The Crisis (1982), p. 29
Source: Quality Control: Principles, Practice, and Administration. 1951, p. 1

Source: Out Of The Crisis (1982), p. 2