“Euclidean space [he continues] is defined by its “isotopy” (or homogeneity), a property which guarantees its social and political utility. The reduction of this homogenous Euclidean space, first of nature’s space, then of all social space, has conferred a redoubtable power upon it. All the more so since that initial reduction leads easily to another — namely, the reduction of three-dimensional realities to two dimensions (for example, a “plan,” a blank sheet of paper, something drawn on paper, a map, or any kind of graphic representation or projection).”

- Henri Lefebvre