Bohemian Aliens Go Crazy

I come a bit late to an interesting discussion that the aliens of bohemian persuasion (or vice versa, I'm never sure which) have perpetrated against the planet:

Is the mad artist a stereotype borne of a bygone romanticism, or does art benefit because of an artists' insanity?

The answer, to me, seems quite plain, and if I were to sum it up in one word, that word would be:

Octathorpe.