1. It meant that they are flat, unlike 3-dimensional objects: you can place them on a table and one of their sides will be a like. This also means that they cannot show depth very well.
2: It means that it can create an illusion or an abstraction, that we can consider aesthetic. For example, while we enjoy drawings, which are 2-dimensional, it could be that we would consider their 3d-version scary
3: the limitation is that they cannot show depth. For example, an orange appears as a circle, not a sphere: so a part of the information is missing.
Style is considered less important because all different styles can still make someone feel a similiar way. Substance is more important because art is about how it makes a person feel
